[Korrespondent] 22.59 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the day on October 17, 215 combat clashes have occurred. The enemy launched one missile strike and 65 air strikes, dropped 228 guided bombs. In addition, it engaged 5,173 kamikaze drones for destruction and carried out 2,088 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops.
22.10 In one of the village headmen's offices of the Sumy community, a man was seriously injured as a result of a Russian attack. He died on the way to the hospital.
19.15 In the Kherson region, as a result of Russian shelling on Saturday, October 17, one person was killed, 40 were injured, among the injured - three children. Among the injured in the Kherson region - three children: girls aged 11 and 8, as well as a boy who was only one month old.
17.35 In the Hulyaipil direction, Russian occupiers from the supposedly 38th separate motorized rifle brigade executed Ukrainian soldiers who had been captured before. The Defense Forces received data from interceptions of Russian servicemen at the time of the crime. Servicemen of the Russian army received an order to finish off the wounded unarmed prisoners.
16.20 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the destruction of the Russian enterprise Roboaviya and the logistics and technical support warehouse of the missile brigade of the Russian army. The destruction of the production and warehouse building of the Roboaviya enterprise in the area of ​​the settlement of Lenina, Rostov region, Russia, on October 16, 2026, was confirmed. The destruction of the infrastructure of the enterprise, which develops and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for the Russian army, is aimed at complicating the production and supply of UAVs to the Russian troops.
15.28 Russian military launched strikes with guided aerial bombs on the territory of Sumy community, one person was killed. According to preliminary information, the Russians used 8 KABs, four of which were on the regional center. The hit was in a residential area on the outskirts of Sumy. A 42-year-old man was killed.
On February 15, Ukraine received confirmation that the restriction on the speed of Starlink satellite communication terminals is valid only on the territory of Ukraine, and considers this to be a planned operation. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a chat, Ukrinform reported.
14.41 Russian invaders attacked the Zaporizhstal steel plant in Zaporizhzhia with ballistic missiles for the fifth time, the Metinvest group reported.
Six missiles hit domestic energy and logistics infrastructure facilities, and also repeatedly damaged blast furnace production sites.
14.23 The Russian command is lying about the situation on the front line. This was stated by the spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Andriy Kovalev, in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, the report by the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, was built on outright lies, manipulations, and exaggerations.
13.58 On October 16-17, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a number of military facilities of the Russian occupiers in the Russian Federation and in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT). The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
12.59 Russian aggressors have inflicted one of the biggest blows on Ukraine's energy sector. The enemy attacked more than 15 important energy facilities, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram.
The head of state complained about the "American sanctions blackout," which only encourages Vladimir Putin to continue attacking Ukraine.
13.27 The Group of Seven countries will allocate 260 million euros for the restoration of the new safe confinement of the Chernobyl NPP. This was announced the day before by the First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal on the social network X.
12.23 Special Representative of the Russian ruler Kirill Dmitriev called US President Donald Trump's decision not to impose restrictions against Russia under the Lindsey Graham Act a "historic moment." He wrote about this on Telegram.
Economic cooperation between Russia and the United States "creates the basis for strengthening trust and achieving lasting peace," Dmitriev believes.
11.25 Some consumers were left without electricity as a result of shelling by Russian aggressors of energy facilities in 10 regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the Ministry of Energy. So far, energy workers have managed to restore power to over 500,000 consumers.
10.58 Vinnytsia region suffered one of the most massive attacks during the period of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. The head of the Vinnytsia OVA Natalia Zabolotna gave details.
10.33 Russian invaders have advanced near the villages of Matyashevo and Svitle, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region, northwest of the city of Rodynske towards the city of Dobropillya. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState.
10.05 Russian invaders carried out air strikes with FAB-250 bombs on a residential area of ​​Sloviansk, Donetsk region, on Saturday night. One person was killed and 10 were injured, the head of the Sloviansk city military administration, Vadym Lyakh, reported on Facebook.
09.22 As a result of two airstrikes in Kherson, one person was killed and at least 19 people were injured. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, in Telegram.
09.00 On Saturday night, Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and attack drones, 31 of which were jet-powered. Air defense units destroyed most of the targets, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
08.44 Over the past 24 hours, 238 combat clashes took place at the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update. The largest number of attacks were repelled in the Pokrovsky direction. There, the enemy stormed in the areas of 10 settlements.
08.20 A blackout occurred in Vinnytsia due to Russian strikes. Experts are still assessing the extent of the damage, city mayor Serhiy Morgunov said on Telegram.
08.02 In Kharkiv, 15 people were injured, including three children, as a result of Russian missile strikes on the evening of October 16. Four fire outbreaks broke out in the Nemyshlyanskyi district, which were promptly extinguished by the State Emergency Service units.
07.39 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 1,950 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational report.
The Ukrainian military destroyed more than 1,700 units of Russian equipment, including 24 guns, four MLRS, and two air defense systems.
06.27 In Kherson, four people were injured by Russian anti-aircraft missiles, two of them children.
05.33 Russians launched ballistic strikes on an industrial enterprise in Kryvyi Rih. Information about the casualties is being clarified.
05.30 At least two people were injured in an attack on a residential building in Zaporizhia.
02.24 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has announced the seizure of an alleged 6,500 sq. km of Ukrainian territory. He gave this figure during a meeting with the military command on Friday. Meanwhile, independent researchers call the figure 144 sq. km, which is 45 times less.