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according to a report by reference news on september 17, citing ria novosti, in the conflict in eastern ukraine, the russian army announced that it had successfully captured the important strategic stronghold of ukrainsk. this action is believed to have a major impact on the logistical supply of the ukrainian army.

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in addition, belarusian president alexander lukashenko believes that belarus may become the site of escalation of the russian-ukrainian conflict, and the united states is pushing for escalation in this way. according to the report, the belarusian president explained: "the united states needs to escalate the situation, so they call belarus a possible site for escalation."

"i want to warn our opponents and those who are confused about the situation. don't do this. attacking belarus is provoking world war iii," lukashenko said in a speech at a ceremony marking national unity day.

according to a report by reference news on september 17, citing ria novosti, russian law enforcement agencies said that the russian army has liberated ukrainsk of the "donetsk people's republic".

the report said a senior official said: "this morning, russian troops seized control of the settlement of ukrainsk." he provided ria novosti with photos of russian troops hanging flags on a mine on the outskirts of ukrainsk.

ukrainsk is a small town located between kurakhovo and shelidovo with a population of about 10,500. it is 4 kilometers away from the chukurikha railway junction, through which a large part of the ukrainian army in donbass is supplied. the capture of ukrainsk will help disrupt the ukrainian army's logistics.

the report mentioned that in early september, nikolay melnik, an officer of the 47th mechanized independent brigade of the ukrainian army, said that he believed that a priority direction chosen by the russian army was ukrainsk and gornyak, and then kurakhovka. the officer disagreed with the statement of the ukrainian commander-in-chief and the president that the front line in the pokrovsk direction had stabilized.

according to a report by russian news agency on september 17, belarusian president lukashenko delivered a speech at the national unity day commemoration event, saying that attacking belarus would mean provoking world war iii.

"i want to warn our adversaries and those who are confused about the situation. don't do this. attacking belarus is to provoke world war iii," he said, according to the report.

lukashenko believes that belarus may become the site of escalation of the conflict between russia and ukraine, and that the united states is pushing for an escalation of the situation in this way.

lukashenko noted that according to information from the intelligence services, exiled belarusian opposition figures met with us representatives, who warned that "the united states expects a significant escalation of hostilities between moscow and kiev from mid-september to early november."

the report also stated that the belarusian president explained: "the united states needs to escalate the situation, so they call belarus a possible location for escalation. this does not mean that our armed forces will join the combat operations - we will never do this unless someone else's military boots step on our land - but that kiev will fight back against russian drones flying over belarusian territory and attacking its border infrastructure."

lukashenko added that the united states therefore instructed kiev to attack infrastructure on the belarusian border if such a situation arises.

according to cctv news, an air defense alarm was sounded in kiev, ukraine on september 18, local time.

the russian ministry of defense reported on september 17 local time that the russian army attacked energy facilities, weapons depots, temporary deployment points and other targets of the ukrainian military-industrial complex that day. the russian air defense system intercepted ukrainian rockets and several drones. in addition, the russian army repelled multiple ukrainian attacks in the kursk region and hit several of its armored vehicles.

the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces reported that as of the afternoon of september 17, the ukrainian army continued to engage in battles with the russian army in multiple directions and continued to resist the russian army's advance in depth. the situation on the front line remains complex and tense, especially in the direction of kurahovo, where the fighting is the most intense.

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