There were 131 combat clashes on the front line, with the Russians making 48 attempts to advance on the positions of the Defense Forces in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukrinform reported this with reference to up-to-date information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 10:00 p.m. on July 17, 2025, on Facebook.
“In total, there have been 131 combat clashes since the beginning of this day. Today, Russian troops launched one missile and 62 air strikes, using two missiles and dropping 90 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they deployed 1,249 loitering munitions and carried out 4,280 shelling attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas,” the publication says.
According to the General Staff, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled 11 assaults by the occupiers in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors since the beginning of the day, with three combat engagements still ongoing.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy has stormed the positions of Ukrainian units nine times in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Zelenе, and Starytsia, with two combat engagements still ongoing. The enemy has carried out airstrikes on the areas of the settlements of Okip, Borshchova, Vovchansk, and Chugunivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, the aggressor carried out offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Kupiansk, Zelenyi Hai, Nova Kruhliakivka, and toward Pishchane. Ukrainian defenders have already stopped three enemy attacks, and one battle is still ongoing.
In the Lyman sector, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 18 times near the settlements of Novoiehorivka, Hrekivka, Karpivka, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodiazi, Serebrianka, and toward of Shandryholove. Seven battles are ongoing.
Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy assaults in the Siversk sector, with the occupiers attempting to advance in the Hryhorivka area and towards Vyimka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy launched 11 assaults on Ukrainian positions in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Stupochky, Bila Hora, and Predtechyne.
In the Toretsk sector, the Russians launched seven attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Petrivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Pleshchiivka. All combat operations in this sector have been terminated.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the occupiers have attempted to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 48 times since the beginning of the day. The enemy attacked in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Popiv Yar, Rodynske, Novotoretske, Myroliubivka, Novoekonomichne, Lysivka, Novoukrainka, Zvirove, Udachne, Muravka, Oleksiivka, and toward Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka. Three combat engagements are still ongoing.
According to preliminary data, 231 occupiers were neutralized in this sector today, 130 of them fatally. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed a tank, three armored combat vehicles, three cars, three motorcycles, two cannons, 18 UAVs, one satellite communication terminal, and five UAV control antennas; a tank, five cannons, and two motorcycles belonging to the occupiers were damaged.
In the Novopavlivka sector, the enemy made 12 attempts to break through the defense positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Piddubne, Zirka, Temyrivka, Myrne, Voskresenka, Vilne Pole, and Shevchenko. Two combat engagements are still ongoing.
No enemy attacks were recorded in the Huliaipole, Orikhiv, and Prydniprovske sectors, but the enemy carried out airstrikes on Bilohiria, Stepnohirsk, and Olhivka.
As reported by Ukrinform, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich confirmed that he had received instructions to send Patriot systems to Ukraine as soon as possible.
Photo: Operational Command South / General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Source: 131 clashes on the frontline, more than third of them in Pokrovsk sector
