Military actions in Donetsk region, 139 combat clashes, enemy shelling, new composition of the European Commission. How the 937th day of the full-scale war will be remembered.
The Russian army struck Kharkov. The head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported the explosions on Telegram.
There were hits not only in the regional center, but also in the district. One of the hits in Kharkov was in open terrain.
“The number of wounded as a result of the daytime terrorist shelling of Kharkov has grown to seven. Four employees of the State Emergency Service and three civilians,” the mayor of Kharkov reported later. According to him, two strikes hit the Kyiv district.
Sinegubov specified that the four wounded were rescuers. One KAB hit was recorded in a forest belt near a shopping center.
“Unfortunately, four rescuers who extinguished a fire nearby were wounded,” he said.
In the region, the KAB strike hit Cherkasskaya Lozovaya.
The enemy also launched KABs at Sumy Oblast.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that as of 22:00 on September 17, 139 combat clashes had occurred.
In the Kurakhovsky directionAt this time of day, our defenders repelled 43 enemy attacks on our positions. The invaders tried to advance near Tsukurino, Zhelaemoy Pervyy, Gornyak, Yekaterinovka, Georgievka and Konstantinovka.
More details about the operational situation on the evening of September 17 – in the news.
The Verkhovna Rada, on the second attempt, adopted as a basis a bill on increasing taxes, designed to increase funding for the Ukrainian army.
241 people's deputies voted for the bill on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine on the specifics of taxation during martial law, as was reported by Oleksiy Goncharenko's broadcast.
The bill provides for:
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What else – in the news.
The number of losses of the armies of Ukraine and Russia during the full-scale invasion together is about a million people. The losses of the occupiers are higher: 200,000 people killed and about 400,000 people wounded, writes the Wall Street Journal. Journalists received this data from Western intelligence.
The losses of Ukraine, according to the newspaper, are 80,000 people killed and about 400,000 wounded. This information was reported by anonymous sources.
“The high – and rapidly rising – casualties on both sides underscore what will be a devastating long-term impact on countries that were struggling with population declines before the war, largely due to economic and social upheaval. They also highlight one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's own motivations for launching the 2022 invasion: to boost Russia's population by absorbing Ukrainians. Government and demographers estimate that Russia's invasion and seizure of Ukrainian territory over the past decade has resulted in Ukraine losing at least 10 million people to occupation or as refugees,” the report says.
The free part of Ukraine is now home to some 25-27 million people. About 6 million have fled as refugees, while others have ended up under occupation.
About 600,000 have left Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine person.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced the new composition of the European Union's executive body, Politico writes.
The institution now has only two levels of leadership: executive vice presidents and commissioners. The previous third level of vice presidents has been abolished.
More details about the composition of the European Commission are in the news.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk has been arrested in Poland, the first deputy reported. Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Youth and Sports Zhan Beleniuk.
He noted that Usyk was detained at the Krakow airport and released a video of the detention.
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