17 August 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• The Russians carried out airstrikes in four communities of Sumy Oblast
• Russian UAVs attacked Ukraine all night
• Russians attacked Kharkiv region at night, a woman died
• 14 Russian Shaheds shot down over Ukraine
• Air strike on Sumy, 10 cars burned
• Britain has successfully launched the first military satellite into space
• Germany was unable to finance the IRIS-T system that could have been provided to Ukraine
• The US blocks British permission to strike Storm Shadow over Russia
• Russia continues to frighten the world with Ukraine's strikes on the Kursk NPP
• Another drowning man was discovered in Tisza on the border with Romania - DPSU
• The Russian Federation occupied Mykolaivka in Donetsk region
• 98 combat clashes took place during the day
• The IAEA stated that the situation at the occupied ZNPP is deteriorating
• The Russians are trying to break through the defenses in the Pokrovsky direction, which they stormed 46 times
• ISW: With a maneuver in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military compensated for Russia's advantage
• Ukrainian aviation hit another bridge in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation
• The Armed Forces destroyed another 1,170 invaders, 7 tanks and 71 artillery systems