17 December 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- The Russians launched Shahedi from different directions
- UAVs attacked a military airfield in the Rostov region
- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that 33 drones were shot down at night
- The Air Force of Ukraine shot down 20 drones and an Kh-59 missile at night
- In Odesa, a downed drone fell on a private house and exploded, killing a man
- Moldova conducts military exercises near Transnistria
- The Russians increased the activity of artillery in the Tauri direction
- In Poland, there is a queue of more than 2 thousand trucks in the direction of Ukraine
- Putin threatened Finland with problems
- Ukraine has officially temporarily removed Raiffeisen Bank from the list of war sponsors
- The Russians hit the center of Kherson, a man was killed
- Gazprom announced a new daily maximum of gas supplies to China
- Russia activated DRG in Sumy region and Kharkiv region
- Battles took place in the Belgorod region, and a Russian stronghold was destroyed
- Since the morning, 25 enemy attacks have been repulsed in the Avdiyiv direction
- A listening device was found in Zaluzhny's office
- The Russians shot down their Su-25
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending themselves in most directions, holding positions in the Kherson region
- Russia lost another thousand soldiers, 60 BBM, 44 tanks and 38 artillery systems
- The Czech minister called Orbán a Trojan horse working in the interests of the Russian Federation
- ISW: The Russians are making progress near Stepovoy, and the ZSU has advanced east of Nevelsky