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in ukraine, four relay cabinets and three military vehicles on the railway were set on fire in the past 24 hours. according to law enforcement officials, one relay cabinet was burned in the kharkiv and chernihiv regions and two relay cabinets were burned in the dnipropetrovsk region.

at the same time, three military vehicles were burned in kropevnitsky (kirovograd).

kupyansk

reliable sources report that russian troops continue to advance towards the oskil river near kolishinkivka.

the russians probably advanced and entered a trench fortification (the orange and blue ones) and contested it at some point. it is not clear if they are still there and have captured it, or if they were pushed back by ukrainian forces.

meanwhile, other reports said the yellow zone had been occupied, which included a trench defence in the north and a series of tree line positions.

if these reports are true, the russians were only 2.3 km east of kolishinkivka and 3.26 km from the oskil river. to put this into perspective, the russians were more than 17.4 km from the oskil river before the initial attack on krokhmane.

if they reached the river, the supply route to the northern ukrainian salient would be cut off, which would greatly increase ukraine's logistical difficulties, as the only way to supply the northern bridgehead would be to use the pontoon bridge across the oskil river, which would become a target for russian air strikes and artillery fire.

red army city

on september 17, 2024, the russian army continued to advance in the direction of pokrovsky.

on the north side, fighting continued in grodovka, with russian troops advancing in the krasnaya street area on the western outskirts of the village, and ukrainian troops being driven out of the river area west of the village, south of zhuravka.

in the north of the settlement, russian troops continued to advance. according to footage of the ukrainian attack, russian troops captured buildings on yarovaya (stakhanov) street. thus, less than a third of the city remained under the control of the ukrainian army.

the situation between novogrodovka and grodovka remains hidden in the “fog of war.” it is recorded that the area near krutoyar has been attacked by ukrainian troops, but it is not clear whether the ukrainian troops have managed to gain a foothold there.

fighting continues west of novogrodovka, and near seldovo, ukrainian troops are actively counterattacking in the direction of mikhailovka.

in addition, news about the russian victory came from ukrainsk for several consecutive days. by the evening of september 17, a video appeared on the internet, showing the flag of the 114th special forces flying on the top of the "ukraine" mine near the "ukraine" cinema and school no. 12, confirming that the russian army had complete control of the town.

the status of the garbage dump in the western suburbs of the settlement remains in doubt, but it is likely under russian control. without the support of a town, it is very problematic to occupy and supply this high altitude position.

the fall of ukrainsk made it possible for the russian army to launch an offensive in the direction of gorniak.

south donetsk

the 105th russian regiment reported:ukrainian troops hastily abandoned the villages of novoselidovka, berestki and ilyinka near kurakhovo

local residents reported that ukrainian troops were withdrawing and heading towards the andreevka, konstantinovka and dachny regions.

in kurakhovo, almost all nationalists had retreated outside the city, leaving only deserters hiding in the city, many of them in basements.

ukrainian troops would occasionally shoot in the fields outside kurakhovo at night and then leave, but now there was no one in the surrounding villages, and they only occasionally fired mortars from the villages.