On February 16, Ukrainian forces engaged in 129 combat clashes with Russian invaders, with most enemy attacks recorded in the Pokrovsk sector and Russia’s Kursk region.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in a war update published on Facebook on February 17, Ukrinform reports.
According to the update, the enemy launched 95 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, using five missiles and dropping 141 guided aerial bombs. Additionally, Russian forces conducted over 5,500 shelling attacks, including 124 from multiple rocket launchers, and deployed 2,932 kamikaze drones.
Russian airstrikes targeted areas around settlements such as Oleksandrivka in the Sumy region and Huliaipole and Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region.
During the past 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation, missile, and artillery forces struck 12 enemy personnel and equipment concentration areas, 11 artillery systems, two command posts, one air defense system, and two enemy EW stations.
In the Kharkiv sector, Russian forces launched two assaults on Ukrainian positions near Vovchansk.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 16 enemy attacks near PetropavlivkaZahryzove, Bohuslavka, and Pishchane.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attempted 13 assaults, trying to penetrate Ukrainian defenses near Novoserhiivka, Novoiehorivka, Novoplatonivka, Novoliubivka, Nove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, Kolodiazi, and Dronivka.
In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled one enemy assault near Hryhorivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, occupiers launched eight attacks near Chasiv Yar and Vasiukivka.
Russian forces carried out eight assaults in the Toretsk sector, targeting Krymske and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian forces halted 40 enemy attacks near Vodiane Druhe, Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Pishchane, Udachne, Uspenivka, Nadiivka, Oleksiivka, Andriivka, Dachne, and Ulakly.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian troops repelled 18 Russian assaults near Kostiantynopil, Burlatske, Novoocheruvate, and Novosilka.
On the Orikhiv sector, Russian occupiers launched six attacks near Novoandriivka, Piatykhatky, Shcherbaky, and Mali Shcherbaky.
In the Dnipro River and Huliaipole sectors, Russian forces did not conduct active offensive operations.
Over the past day, nine combat clashes occurred in the Kursk sector, where the enemy carried out 51 airstrikes, dropping 80 guided bombs, and conducted 495 artillery strikes, including 16 from multiple rocket launchers.
No signs of enemy assault force formation were detected in the Volyn and Polissia sectors.
2025-02-17 07:45:00 ,
