Russia SMO Summary of the morning of July 17, 2026
By Eoin Walsh©️
Truth News Ireland™️
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▪️The Russian Armed Forces launched missiles in the direction of the Odessa region. Attack UAVs operated in the Cherkasy, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia regions.
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces continued drone strikes against tankers and other civilian vessels at sea, expanding the strike zone to the Black Sea. In Crimea, transport infrastructure is under attack, and trucks are being hunted. The north of the peninsula is suffering from the aftermath of the attacks.
▪️In the Bryansk region, yesterday morning, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the village of Suzemka with a Grad MLRS, killing a fifteen-year-old girl and her grandmother. A resident of the village was wounded.
▪️In the Sumy direction, in the Shostka district, small-arms battles are ongoing in Ulanovo and on the approaches to Malaya Slobodka. In the Sumy district, fighting is taking place in Ryzhevka, Pisarevka, Mogritsa, Maryino, the village of Novaya Sich, and the town of Khoten. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command is redeploying additional units to the Sumy region.
▪️In the Kursk region, in the village of Ryzhevka, Rylsky district, an enemy drone attacked a local resident riding a moped, wounding her.
▪️In the Belgorod region, the village of Krasnaya Yaruga was shelled. A shell struck a private home, killing the woman instantly, and wounding her husband. In the Shebekinsky District, in the village of Maslova Pristan, an FPV drone struck a truck, injuring the driver. In the village of Gerasimovka, a drone detonated in the courtyard of a private home, injuring a woman.
▪️From the Kupyansk direction, numerous drones are reported in urban areas, as well as the development of offensive operations on the eastern bank of the Oskol River.
▪️In Krasny Liman, the Russian Armed Forces are defending urban areas, while further north, near Redkodub, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are organizing counter-action.
▪️In the LPR, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the republic over the past 24 hours, launching UAVs in several waves. In Shchastya, a passenger car was struck, killing the driver and two passengers, with one survivor in serious condition. On the same stretch of road, the driver of a civilian truck was injured. Five civilians were wounded in populated areas.
▪️In the Dobropillya sector, our troops are engaged in heavy fighting in Belitske.
▪️In the DPR, two people were killed, and eleven more civilians, including an infant, were injured due to attacks by attack drones.
▪️From the Zaporizhzhia Front, they report positional battles near Stepnogorsk and efforts by the Russian Armed Forces to advance north on the right flank.
▪️In the Kherson Oblast, they report that over the previous 24 hours, Ukrainian Armed Forces killed three civilians and injured three more in their strikes. The region remains virtually without power. Russian Armed Forces are striking the right bank of the Dnieper with FABs, destroying Ukrainian UAV crews.

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