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[NewsFront] 21:19 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 24 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
21 UAVs - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Oryol region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Ryazan region. 
21:07 Specialists of the Rubicon Center struck equipment, communication systems, shelters, ground robotic systems, temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and enemy UAVs.
20:28 122mm D-30 crew of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted a precise strike on an enemy UAV control point in the Zaporizhia region.
The 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS crew of the Center group of forces covered a fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
19:30 Destruction of enemy UAV control points in the Gamalievka area (Sumy region) –VIDEO
The targets were hit using the Iskander OTRK, which was subsequently upgraded with Geraniums.
18:17 Objective control means in the area of the settlement of Gamalievka in Sumy Oblast have detected launch and control points for long-range strike UAVs of the Lyuty aircraft type of the Ukrainian Armed Forces –VIDEO
18:09 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 13 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Six UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Four UAVs over the territory of the Tula region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kaluga region.
16:44 Fierce fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction. Units of the "Center" group of troops are conducting their victorious offensive. On July 17, our soldiers once again demonstrated filigree work in destroying enemy fortifications.
15:55 North group scouts discovered the movement of several combat groups of Ukrainian soldiers in the small village of Malye Prokhody (Dergachevsky district).
The coordinates were transmitted to the UAV operators of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment, who used various drones to destroy the enemy's warehouse of materiel and a communications antenna.
14:45 North group scouts located the advance of a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck from the village of Bondarevshchina (Sumy region) in the direction of enemy positions in the surrounding forests.
The coordinates were transmitted to FPV operators from the special forces of the Russian National Guard, who carried out a targeted attack, destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle.
14:41 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
10 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region and
One UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:23 Drone drivers continue to knock out enemy
Drone operators from the Vostok group shot down two Baba Yaga hexacopters and hit the enemy's Starlink satellite communications antenna in the South Donetsk direction.
Operators of attack UAVs of the Tula paratroopers destroyed an armored vehicle with personnel and a field gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.
UAV crews of the volunteer detachment BARS-27 of the "Southern" group of troops hit a dugout and a well-camouflaged mortar position of the enemy in the Kramatorsko-Druzhkovskoye direction, and in the area of the village of Konstantinovka, drone operators of the same group thwarted an attempt to rotate the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:52 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 17, 2025
💥Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Varachino, Pavlovka, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, the settlement of Degtyarnoye in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
💥The units of two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Gatishche and Tikhoe in the Khar'kov region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 160 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight cars, five artillery pieces, including a 155mm self-propelled howitzer "Panzerhaubitze 2000" made in Germany.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line, defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Koroviy Yar, Karpovka, Volchiy Yar, Novoselovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Druzhelyubovka of the Khar'kov region.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 215 servicemen, a tank, four combat armored vehicles, including three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 13 cars and a field artillery gun. An Israeli-made RADA radar station, an electronic warfare station and an electronic intelligence station, as well as five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Belaya Gora, Ivanopolye and Novoselivka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 135 servicemen, two pickups, three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces actively liberated the settlement of Popov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
💥Formations of five mechanized, airborne assault, ranger, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two brigades of naval infantry and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Muravka, Petrovskoye, Stepanovka and Novoukrainka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 420 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, five cars, as well as four artillery pieces and an Israeli-made RADA radar station.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novogeorgievka, Maliyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Zelenoye Pole in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, three field artillery pieces and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr military group improved their tactical position and liberated the village of Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region.
Formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Belogorye, Novodanilovka, Stepovoye and Novoandreyevka in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 65 servicemen, eight vehicles, an artillery piece, six electronic warfare stations, four ammunition depots and two supply depots were destroyed.
10:45 Khar'kov region. The Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Degtyarnoye –MAP
09:56 Operator of the Supercam UAV of the Vostok group of forces brought artillery to strike at Ukrainian militants in the DPR.
08:22 Between 7:00 a.m. Moscow time and 7:30 a.m. Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Two UAVs over the territory of the Tula region and
One UAV each over the territories of the Kaluga and Bryansk regions .
07:30 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Novokhatskoe has been liberated➡️
Advance in the area of Razino and Fedorovka
Control zone in Volchansk has been expanded
Advance in the Novokhatsky area
07:29 During the past night, from 23:30 Moscow time on July 16 to 7:00 Moscow time on July 17, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 122 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
43 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
38 UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
10 UAVs were flying over the Oryol region,
Six UAVs were flying over the Smolensk region,
Six UAVs were flying over the Voronezh region,
Five UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Moscow region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs were flying over the Leningrad region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Lipetsk region, and
One UAV was flying over the Tula region.
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