17 May 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• In Novorossiysk, drones and missiles attacked the port and the oil depot
• In the Belgorod region, a gas station caught fire due to a drone attack
• Drones in Tuapse attacked the refinery, a fire broke out
• Air defense destroyed all 20 Russian Shaheds at night
• Defense forces destroyed 2 Russian planes and a helicopter
• Pentagon: Ukraine can use weapons from the US only within its territory
• In the north of Vovchansk ZSU, they are cleaning
• A representative of the Russian Federation was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania due to a wanted list of a number of Lithuanian politicians
• Austria is creating a EUR 500 million fund to support investments in Ukraine
• Zelensky explained the breach of the border in Kharkiv Oblast by the lack of air defense
• Syrskyi: Russians in Kharkiv region expanded the combat zone by 70 km
• Ukraine in certain hours reached a physical maximum in the import of electricity
• Putin on potential negotiations: the Russian Federation must understand who it can do business with and who it can trust
• Russian troops operate most actively in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions
• Russia hit Odesa with missiles, there are wounded
• Estonian intelligence believes that the actions of Russian troops do not indicate intentions to capture Kharkiv
• The Russians shelled Kharkiv once again, fires broke out, and more than a dozen people were killed and injured
• The Russian army dropped three aerial bombs on Kupyansk-Vuzlovy, wounding a woman
• The Russians dropped explosives from a drone on two residents of the Kherson region
• Reuters: The US is reviewing the G7 ban on Russian diamonds after protests from a number of countries
• In the Pokrovsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 21 Russian attacks
• Moldova condemned the intentions of the Russians to conduct training in Transnistria
• An explosion rang out at the Communications Academy in St. Petersburg
• The Russian army attacked Odesa with three ballistic missiles and three air missiles per day
• Russian troops attacked twice in a day in the Kharkiv direction
• Reuters: Russia's Tuapsin refinery shut down after drone attack
• The Armed Forces neutralized more than 1,200 occupiers during the day
• The White House has not changed its position on US military strikes against Russia
• Politico: The White House is not happy that Russia was invited to the anniversary of the Normandy landings