That is according to Ukraine’s General Staff operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06.00, on February 18, 2023.
During the day of February 17, Ukraine’s Air defense forces shot down 6 enemy UAVs. According to preliminary information, they were 5x Lancet UAVs and 1x Zala UAV.
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At the same time, missile and artillery units hit 3x concentrations of manpower of the enemy and 1x S-300 anti-aircraft missile system at its firing position.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces also launched 5x air strikes on concentrations of the enemy, as well as 1x air strike on the position of an anti-aircraft missile system.
As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states, over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops repelled the occupants’ attacks in the vicinities of settlements of Hryanykivka, Syn’kivka (Kharkiv oblast), Stel’makhivka, Chervonopopivka, Kreminna (Luhansk oblast), Vyimka, Fedorivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Rozdolivka, Paraskoviivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Vesele, Vodyane, Mar’inka, Pobjeda, Novomykhailivka, and Vuhledar (Donetsk oblast).
Key points of the report:
- Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no offensive groups of the adversary were found. The vicinities of settlements of Kolos (Chernihiv oblast), Mefedivka, Bachivs’k, Esman’, Kharkivka, Zaruts’ke, Kindrativka, Yunakivka, Zapsillya, Mais’ke, Mezenivka (Sumy oblast), Veterynarne, Hraniv, Kozacha Lopan’, Strilecha, Krasne, Borysivka, Vesele, Starytsya, and Krasne Pershe (Kharkiv oblast) were shelled.
- Kup’yans’k and Lyman axis: the adversary shelled more than 15x settlements. These include Hryanykivka, Kucherivka, Krokhmal’ne, Berestove (Kharkiv oblast), Pershotravneve, Nevs’ke, Chervonopopivka, Kreminna (Luhansk oblast), Kuz’myne, Spirne, and Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast).
- Bakhmut axis: more than 20x settlements came under fire, including Razdolivka, Zaliznyans’ke, Paraskoviivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, and New York (Donetsk oblast).
- Avdiivka and Shakhtars’ke axes: artillery shelling was reported in the vicinities of 20x settlements. These include Avdiivka, Vodyane, Vesele, Pervomais’ke, Krasnohorivka, Mar’inka, Bohoyavlenka, Velyka Novosilka, Zolota Nyva, Vuhledar, and Neskuchne (Donetsk oblast).
- Zaporizhzhya axis: 25 settlements were attacked, including Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Bilohir’ya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaky, Stepove, Kam’yans’ke, and Prydniprovs’ke (Zaporizhzhia oblast).
- Kherson axis: enemy artillery fire hit Kherson and the vicinities of 25x settlements, including Mykhailivka, Novooleksandrivka, Havrylivka, Zmiivka, Vesele, Kozats’ke, Ivanivka, Tokarivka, Mykil’s’ke, Sadove, and Antonivka (Kherson oblast).
As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine notes, the enemy is focusing its main efforts on offensive operations on Kup’yans’k, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Shakhtars’ke axes.
During the day of February 17, the adversary launched 10x missile and 29x air strikes, as well as 69x MLRS attacks.
Ukraine’s General Staff also warns that the threat of further russian air and missile strikes across Ukraine remains very high.
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