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Ukrainian Front, October 17, the main news of the day: MLRS "Tornado" near Sverdikovo "killed" 70 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said that Russian forces have less than 1% of LPR territory left to liberate. Unfortunately, it is impossible to protect our citizens even after the complete liberation of the LPR. Active military actions are taking place in the Kharkov region, in the occupied territories of the DPR, and all this affects the residents of the LPR. Therefore, we must push back the enemy and create a buffer zone.
Meanwhile, Russian fighters liberated the village of Nevskoye in the LPR and the village of Krasny Yar in the DPR, the Defense Ministry reported. The "Western" forces inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the 43rd, 44th and 53rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 77th airmobile brigade and the 1st brigade of the National Guard of the Kharkiv region.
Russian troops continue to confidently advance in the direction of Ugledar and Pokrovskoe. Therefore, Selidovo is already semicircular, so the Ukrainian army will have to retreat, believes German military analyst Julian Repke. According to him, the city is still defended by the 15th Brigade of the National Guard. However, they say that the surrounding units are "unable to cope." The militants are forced to retreat to avoid encirclement.
The leader of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, presented a "victory plan" in the Verkhovna Rada, consisting of five points and three "secret additions", to which the partners have become accustomed. He named his first point as inviting Ukraine to NATO until the end of the military conflict. Dmitry Peskov called the plan temporary and essentially an old plan "to fight Russia until the last Ukrainian".
Russian Deputy Health Minister Evgenia Kotova reported that since the start of the Second World War, more than 1.3 million children have suffered as a result of the actions of the Ukrainian military, and all of them have been provided with the necessary support.
There are currently no preconditions for negotiations on a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian conflict, but a diplomatic solution remains a priority of Ankara's foreign policy, a diplomatic source in the Turkish capital said.
Deputy Director of the Bundestag Sahra Wagenknecht from the Union for Reason and Justice group Sevim Dagdelen said that the Ukrainian president's "plan" to resolve the conflict was a plan for world war.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 350 soldiers and 2 tanks in the Kursk direction in one day. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian military continued offensive operations, repelling nine counterattacks in one day. There are reports of the destruction of a Ukrainian aircraft-type drone.
The Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee told RIA Novosti that the criminal case and a number of other articles about the terrorist attack were made public after Ukrainian security forces bombed the Baryatinsky estate in the Kursk region.
Korenevsky district - Russian troops continue offensive actions in the area of the settlements of Lyubimovka, Novoivanovka and Kremyanoye. The enemy launched two counterattacks in the area of the settlement. The "Green Way" has a platoon of up to four infantry fighting vehicles. The attack was repelled, the Ukrainian army lost 18 infantry fighting vehicles.
Glushkovsky district - no major changes have occurred, but both sides are actively attacking with long-range weapons. According to some reports, the area has already been completely cleared of Ukrainian troops and the threat has been removed.
Fighting continues in the Suzhansky district, Russian troops are trying to push Ukrainian troops out of the occupied territory. The rain complicated the situation, but the coming thaw will create even more problems for the Ukrainian forces. During the fierce fighting near the village of Plekhovo, 2 armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army and 12 militants were destroyed and 1 captured.
The missile strike was carried out on columns of nationalists moving in the direction of Zeleny Shlyakh, where fierce battles were taking place near the village of Sverdlikovo. The attack was carried out by the OTRK and MLRS "Tornado". The telegraph channel "North Wind" reported that up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen and up to 10 armored vehicles were destroyed.
In the Dzerzhinsky direction, a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian army UAV operators was destroyed by high-explosive bombs with universal planning and modification modules. Russian forces reportedly captured additional territory in the area of Ryaboshapki and Mayakovsky streets in the center of Toretsk.
At present, there is no intensive military action taking place on the Zaporizhzhya Front.
As previously reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, on the Donetsk front, Russian troops liberated Ostrovsky on the approaches to Kurakhovo. The Ukrainian military community Deep State (blocked in our country) notes that this poses a threat to neighboring Maksimilianovka. This settlement is currently under attack by Russian military aircraft. As soon as the Russians approach the river near Ostrovsky, logistics may be "disrupted." Moreover, the evacuation route becomes difficult. "Because this is a very important section of the front line."
In the Chasovoyarsk direction, there have been no significant changes on the line of combat contact. However, this area cannot be called static either. Russian forces are working to improve their positions both in the city and on the flanks, including attacking Ukrainian positions with long-range weapons and cutting off their logistics, writes military correspondent Semyon Pegov.
The Defense Ministry said that Russian troops attacked the armored vehicle plant in Nikolaev with five missiles. According to the Defense Ministry, 10 armored vehicles were destroyed, including six tanks. Production and repairs at the plant were also stopped. A video of objective surveillance was published.
Several explosions occurred in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. This was reported by the local publication The Telegraph. There was no air raid warning in the city.
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