- On 17 February, Russian Army liberated the city of Avdeevka. The total area included 31.75 square kilometers, according to the Russian MOD;
- On February 17, 4 civilians were killed, including a child, 6 others were wounded as a result of Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk. On February 18, 6 civilians, including three children, were wounded;
- Russian strikes were reported in the industrial zone in Kramatorsk;
- Russian strikes destroyed a school used for accommodation of the Ukrainian military in Slavyansk;
- Russian strikes destroyed Ukrainian reinforcement units that came to Stepanogorsk;
- Explosions thundered in the Poltava region;
- Explosions thundered in the Kharkiv region;
- Explosions thundered in the Sumy region;
- Explosions thundered in the Dnepropetrovsk region;
- Explosions thundered in the Chernihiv region;
- On the evening of February 17, two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the Voronezh and Bryansk regions;
- Russian forces advanced near Rabotino and Verbovoe;
- Russian artillery and aviation are heavily pounding Chasov Yar likely preparing for the upcoming assault;
- Russian forces advanced towards Terny;
- Russian forces repelled attacks of the 14th and 66th mechanised brigades of the AFU near Sinkovka, Petropavlovka;
- Russian forces repelled attacks of the 63rd mechanised and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU near Dibrova, Yampolovka;
- Russian forces repelled AFU attacks near Bogdanovka, Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka;
- Russian forces eliminated 40 servicemen, one battle tank, three armoured personnel carriers, and three pickup trucks in the Kupyansk area;
- Russian forces eliminated 100 servicemen, one battle tank, three armoured vehicles, and four motor vehicles in the Krasny Liman area;
- Russian forces eliminated 400 servicemen, two battle tanks, three infantry vehicles, four armoured vehicles, six motor vehicles, Msta-B, D-20, D-30 howitzers in the Donetsk area;
- Russian forces eliminated 190 servicemen, two battle tanks, two armoured vehicles, and three motor vehicles in the Southern Donetsk area;
- Russian forces eliminated 70 servicemen, one infantry fighting vehicle, and three motor vehicles in Kherson region;
- Russian air defense systems shot down 105 Ukrainian drones over the past day;
- Russian air defense systems shot down four HIMARS MLRS projectiles over the past day.
- The total area of the liberated territory in Avdiivka is 31.75 square kilometers;
- Russian forces continue the mop up operation in the city, Ukrainian servicemen who did not escape from the city surrender;
- Russian forces launched assault in Lastochkyn and gained foothold in the village;
- Clashes continue in Pervomaiskoe;
- Russian forces reportedly launched assault in Severnoe.
- Russian forces advanced about 3 kilometers near Rabotino and Verbovoe;
- Clashes were reported to the north-east of Kopani.
forward brothers, let the pigs squeal. those on the ground know…
“-my parents survived the russian pogrom in poltava”. blinken feb. 2024.
so ladies and gentlemen, the 71st united states secretary of state considers poltava to be a “russian” city.
and so they went to kiev where there was an even worse pogrom waiting for them and then they left for america, where 100+ years later, grandson blinken lavishes money and weapons on the grand and great grand sons and daughters who carried out those very pogroms and then reminds us that ‘a little nationalism is a good thing’.
how and why we dig up this intellectual detritus to run the country is a mystery urgently waiting for an answer. i hope we get it before the morons end up blowing up the planet.
western governments are now looking for butthurt neonazi loving ukrainians for many “diverse” positions in the government. we all know what type of policies they will be pursuing. absolutely nothing that has anything to do with the interests of american citizens.
that’s called a “diversity hire”. all you need to quality is check a few boxes, like ‘are you a minority?’, ‘do you feel systematically oppressed?’, ‘do you dress like a woman but do you have a penis?’…. that kind of stuff
also blinken a descendant of the pogroms. also nuland. so this america support for jew zelensky is their personal revenge trip paid for by usa and west europe taxpayers with ukrainians blood. nice to have your personal old vendettas paid by others.
taking lastockyne and orlivka would make life impossible in 4 other villages. russia has momentum in advijivka area, only time will tell if they can capitalize on that. if they can press on the offensive, ukraine will have to draw troops from other areas weakening their defence and again offering more possibilities for advancement. russian generals should capitalize on this.
at present ukraine has huge troubles getting fresh recruits and many of the troops fighting have been in the line up to 2 years with no relief. many have fled the war to europe. ukraine does not want to enlist those in their twenties, because ukrainian population pyramid looks like an hourglass. google it. people in their 20’s are around 3 times less, than men in their 40’s. if men in their 20’s die, there will be no ukraine.
saw another dozen military-age ukrainians shopping today, 8000km from avdeevka.
you give them quite some credit for thinking they lasted 2 years. i think about 60% or more of their combat ready troops are not volunteers
we inferior hillbillies lose again
it’s a shame the ukrainians are too stupid to not realize they’re dying to benefit jews.
right into extinction they go!
the dumb fucks should have stood down and let the donbas go. just get a passport, and go vacation there. no reason to fight over what nation owns it.
orikhiv here we come!!!
orekhov the proper russian spelling
1500 nazistas ucranianos morreram nas últimas 24h. 1.500 nazistas a menos! glória a ti mãe rússia!
finally, avdiivka fell to the russians, after a long time of bombing from there donetsk city. very good job guys. now keep taking those small vilages around.
in my amerikunty colony we expect failure stupidity and submissiveness except when we can rape little boys
next towards odessa
“kiev control”, that’s right, do not say ‘ukraine control’. as the word ukraine is heading for the history books like that other usa puppet country ‘south vietnam’.
just imagine if the afu didn’t abandon avdeevka, that would have been a slaughter house and a very strategical setback for zelensky’s new lapdog in charge of whatever they call a military
a good first step.
but ukros must be pushed further back at least some 30km more to the west and northwest, to secure donezk to be out of ukro mlrs and artillery range.