Battles in the Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, 63 military clashes, enemy shelling, Mavka in Cyprus. How will the 753rd day of a full-scale war be remembered?
Consequences of Russia’s attack on Sumy on March 17, 2024, President Zelensky commented on the holding of presidential elections in Russia.
As the head of state said in an evening video message on March 17, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin “is simply sick of power and is doing everything to rule for life” and “there is no such evil that he will not commit in order to prolong his personal power.”
The Ukrainian president emphasized that “there is and cannot be any legitimacy in this imitation of elections” and that Putin belongs in The Hague.
“This figure should end up in the dock in The Hague – this is what we must ensure. Everyone in the world who values life and decency,” added the President.
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On Sunday, March 17, explosions were heard in Nikolaev during an air raid raid. It was known that there was a hit, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs informed that the number of wounded as a result of the hostile attack reached 6 people.
The State Emergency Service released information about the death of one person who died from injuries in the hospital.
As of 8 p.m., eight casualties were known, including a girl born in 2013.
The Southern Defense Forces note that the Russians were released from Crimea two missiles, probably Iskander-M. The tactics of action are identical to the preliminary strike on Odessa: having struck with one missile, a few minutes later the enemy repeated the strike in the same place.
Russia attacked the city of Konotop in the Sumy region, said mayor Artem Semenikhin.
According to him, the infrastructure of the settlement came under fire.
The Sumy OVA subsequently reported that Konotop civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
” No people were previously injured. All necessary services are working on the spot. The consequences of the enemy attack are being clarified,” the administration noted.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 63 combat incidents occurred during the day. collisions.
In general, the enemy carried out 7 missile and 55 air strikes, carried out 62 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. , Tonenkoye, Pervomayskoye, Orlovka, Alexandropol and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk region.
In Novopavlovsk, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and Pobeda, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 25 times break through the defenses of our troops.
More details about the operational situation as of 18:00 on March 17 – in our news.
Russian forces bombed the center of the village of Bolshaya Pisarevka, Sumy region, the head of Velikopisarevskaya said communities Lyudmila Biryukova.
“Today the enemy destroyed the center of the village of Velikaya Pisarevka. I hope that each of us will conclude that life is the most valuable and will come for evacuation,” Biryukova said.
The chairman of the society added that services and advice on evacuation will be provided by specialists of the village council via telephone and online. “I ask you not to stay on the territory that the enemy is mercilessly destroying,” she added.
The “Siberian battalion” announced that it had entered the village of Gorky, Belgorod region of Russia.
< p class="MsoNormal">“Units of the Russian liberation forces, together with volunteers of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, entered the village of Gorkovsky on the territory of the Russian Federation,” says a message in the group’s telegram channel.
They add that they seized the building of the local administration. The fighters published a photo of themselves standing on the Russian flag and the flag of the Belgorod region, holding a sign from the building.
The Freedom of Russia Legion also reported about the occupation of the settlement.
Transnistria separatists complained about a kamikaze drone attack on March 17.
A video of the consequences of the explosion and the arrival was published on the propaganda telegram channel “First Pridnestrovsky”. The shelling, according to the separatists, took place on the territory of one of the military units in Tiraspol.
After the incident, representatives of the Russian FSB arrived in the region for a meeting, the Tiraspol Info telegram channel reports.
The Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine called the incident a provocation by the Kremlin.
The Bureau of Reintegration of Moldova, in turn, stated that it does not confirm the incident, calling it “an attempt to provoke fear and panic in the region.”
More details in the news.
The Ukrainian column is taking part in the Cypriot carnival for the second time. This year, the theme was chosen to be the image of “Mavka”: this animated film was released in Cyprus last year and was popular. The producers of the film gave permission to use the image.
The column also presented traditional Ukrainian costumes (residents of the village where Mavka takes place).
Details and vivid photographs are in our news.
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