17 February 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka was announced
- ISW: Ukrainian troops are making a relatively controlled withdrawal from Avdiivka
- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that 33 Ukrainian UAVs attacked Russia
- The EU promises 2 million artillery shells to Ukraine every year
- Mondelez, maker of Oreo and Milka, reported record profits in Russia
- The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs received technical assistance from the USA for investigators
- Zelensky: We will return millions of refugees home if there are enough air defense systems
- Air defense forces shot down three Russian planes in the morning
- The Russians hit an infrastructure facility on the outskirts of Zaporozhye
- Stoltenberg: NATO is stronger than Russia, making up for gaps in weapons production
- Denmark urged Europe not to hide behind production problems in the supply of weapons to Ukraine
- President Pavel: The Czech Republic found a way to get 800,000 shells for Ukraine
- Norway transfers a batch of medical equipment for the military to Ukraine
- The US Ministry of Justice handed Estonia 500,000 dollars of confiscated funds of the Russian Federation for Ukraine
- Russians dropped aerial bombs on Kupyansk, 5 injured
- The Russians shelled Sumy Oblast, one person was killed and one was wounded
- The Russians tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 21 times in the Marinsky direction
- In Moldova, near the border with Ukraine, the wreckage of another "Shaheed" of the Russian Federation was found
- Zelenskyi talked with Biden
- Zelensky met with the president of the Czech Republic, they talked about the joint production of weapons
- The Russians hit Kramatorsk and Sloviansk with missiles, there are casualties, people are under the rubble
- The Russian Federation carried out 104 airstrikes during the day
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 53 anti-aircraft missiles, 40 artillery systems and more than a thousand occupiers during the day