[NewsFront] 21:30 Russian drone operators are stopping enemy actions in all directions, video.
20:56 Captured the moment of the destruction of the Ukrainian hexacopter "Baba Yaga" in the sky in the Dzerzhinsky direction.
20:44 Soldiers of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces unit reliably protect the skies from Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Kakhovka direction in the Kherson region, video.
20:23 Assault groups have taken up new positions in the southern part of Seversk in the DPR, map.
20:17 Recorded advance of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces to the west of Ravnopolye in the Gulyai-Polye direction.
19:25 As a result of the liberation of Platonovka in the northwest of Seversk, the city itself was actually located in the operational environment.
The enemy no longer had any supply routes that the Russian Armed Forces did not take either under physical or fire control.
18:20 Crews of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer of the Vostok group of forces destroyed enemy UAV control points in the area of the village of Gai in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
17:17 Crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Center group destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
16:49 Units of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center group of forces continue offensive actions in the Vostochny microdistrict and the southern part of the city of Dimitrov in the DPR.
Assault groups of the 5th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade named after A.V. Zakharchenko are conducting successful combat operations near the Zapadny microdistrict. More than 30 buildings have been liberated.
16:03 Footage has been published of the latest combat use of a robot courier delivering provisions to our paratroopers, video.
15:44 Russian army knocked out the enemy from Platonovka north of Seversk in the DPR.
14:55 During the attack to liberate the village of Gai in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian Armed Forces took control over enemy logistics in the area.
During the rapid attack, an important road junction was taken under control, as well as an area of more than five square kilometers.
13:05 According to operational information, our troops started battles for the southwestern outskirts of Grishino in the Krasnoarmeysky direction, taking a large stronghold in a forest plantation between the M-30 highway and the village.
Judging by the situation in the Shakhovo area, it is clear that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unable to break through from the north, even taking into account the limited personnel of the 51st Army of the Russian Armed Forces opposing them.
12:44 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of November 17, 2025:
Units of the North military group, as a result of active operations, liberated the village of Dvurechanskoye in the Khar'kov region.
Formations of two mechanized brigades and a ranger brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Alekseyevka, Katerynivka, Kondratovka, Novaya Sich and Shevchenkovo in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry, mechanized brigades and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Zhovtnevoe, Kolodeznoe and Malinovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 150 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, and a field artillery gun. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the West group of forces have improved their position along the front line.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kurilovka, Petrovpavlovka, Putnikovo in the Khar'kov region and Dronovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Assault units of the 6th Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the area of the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region.
Over the course of 24 hours, two attempts to carry out counterattacks by units of the 125th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Blagodatovka in the Khar'kov region and the 15th National Guard Brigade near the village of Velyka Shapkovka in the Khar'kov region, which were trying to unblock encircled units, were thwarted.
As a result of the fire strike, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, a Canadian-made Senator armored combat vehicle, four electronic warfare stations, and seven vehicles were destroyed.
In total, enemy losses in the "West" force group's area of responsibility amounted to 230 servicemen, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles, and a British-made 105mm L-119 howitzer. Four ammunition depots and 10 electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Platonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Raigorodok and Seversk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 210 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 20 cars, a field artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot.
Units of the Center group of forces continue to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, a Jaeger brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a national guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Artemovka, Belitskoye, Grishino, Kucherov Yar, Novoaleksandrivka, Oktiabrskoye, Rodynskoye, Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Demurino and Ivanovka of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 2nd Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Central microdistrict and in the western part of the Gornyak microdistrict, as well as in the territory of the western industrial zone.
The clearing of Ukrainian militants from the village of Rivne in the Donetsk People's Republic continues.
Five attacks by units of the 425th Assault Regiment "Skala" and the 32nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the area of the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic were repelled with the aim of unblocking the encircled group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen and an armored combat vehicle were destroyed.
In the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, units of the 51st Army continue offensive operations in the Vostochny microdistrict and the southern part of the city.
Assault groups of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade are conducting successful combat operations near the Zapadny microdistrict. More than 30 buildings have been liberated.
Over the course of a day, up to 290 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, and a field artillery gun were destroyed in the Red Army sector.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the enemy lost up to 490 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, eight cars and a field artillery gun.
Units of the "East" military group, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Gai in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' assault brigade and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ostapivske and Radostne in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Vozdvizhevka and Chervone in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 215 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars, and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Belogorye, Orekhov and Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 80 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, six electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and five supply depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged fuel and energy complex and railway infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
Air defense systems destroyed 104 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:24 Units of the Southern Group of Forces released the settlement of Platonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:12 Commander of the assault detachment of the 121st Motorized Rifle Regiment, call sign "Lavrik", toldabout the progress of the liberation of Kupyansk.
12:00 Our troops are in the Zaporizhzhia direction lead active fighting on several sections of the front, including Primorsky and Orekhovsky.
11:15 Assault units of the "East" force grouping made a dash from Vishnevoe to the northwest released the settlement of Gai, Dnipropetrovsk region.
11:06 Russian tricolor raised over Dvurechansky in the Khar'kov region.
10:47 Northwest of Krasnoarmeysk, in the area of the village of Vasilevka, another French self-propelled gun "Caesar" was destroyed, video.
10:35 This night a massive strike struck Izmail port area in Odessa region.
10:30 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated servicemen of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division with the liberation of the village of Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
"You have taken a significant step toward Victory and achieving the goals of the Special Military Operation. There is no doubt that further successes will follow," the Russian Defense Minister's telegram stated.
10:19 Assault units of the North group of forces released the village of Dvurechanskoye in the Khar'kov region.
9:49 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian militants against civilians in the Belgorod and Volgograd regions
According to executive authorities, a civilian was injured as a result of a drone strike on a car on the Borki-Kazinka highway in the Valuysky District of the Belgorod Region. A man sustained shrapnel wounds when a drone detonated in the village of Nikolskoye in the Belgorod District. A woman was injured in the village of Borisovka in the Borisovsky District as a result of Ukrainian aggression.
In the village of Novostroyevka-Pervaya in the Grayvoronsky District, an FPV drone attacked a truck on a company property, injuring a man.
9:10 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crew of the 20th NBC Protection Regiment of the "West" force group destroyed enemy command post in the Khar'kov region.
8:27 Frontline summary on the morning of November 17, 25
Donetsk Front.
In the South Donetsk sector, Russian troops are advancing near Vesyoly and Zelenyi Gai. The Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of Ravnopolye. Russian forces are advancing on the outskirts of Zatishye, located 1.7 kilometers from Hulyai-Polye.
There is progress in the forested areas east of Nechayevka and Novoye Zaporizhzhia. In the Velikomykhaylivka sector, Russian troops are taking up positions in the forested area east of the village.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian forces are fighting in the village of Rivne and occupying the industrial zone north of Pokrovsk.
In Myrnohrad, the offensive continues in the Vostochny microdistrict and in the southern part of the city.
In the Dobropillya sector, there have been gains near Boykovka, and advances are also reported between Vladimirovka and Shakhove.
In the Konstantinovka sector, Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the area of Pleshcheyevka and Nelepovka.
In Ivanpil, Russian troops are taking up new positions in the central part of Ivanpil.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, Russian forces are advancing along the roads toward Krasny Liman. Fighting for Yampol continues. Advances toward Seversk from Dronovka are reported.
Khar'kov Front.
Fighting continues in the Kupyansk sector near Kurilovka and Kucherovka. Russian forces repelled a powerful enemy attack from the Khar'kov highway, aimed at lifting the siege of Kupyansk.
In the Volchansk sector, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Sinelnikovsky forests, with progress in Volchansk.
8:13 During the past night, in the period from 23:00 Moscow time on November 16 to 7:00 Moscow time on November 17, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
14 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
Eight UAVs were flying over the Tambov region,
Five UAVs were flying over the Ulyanovsk region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Voronezh region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Oryol region,
One UAV was flying over the Nizhny Novgorod region, and
One UAV was flying over the Tula region.
8:00 UAV crews of the Center group of forces droppedm ore than a thousand propaganda leaflets with instructions for surrendering were found over the positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the area of the city of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic.