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Friday, 17 April 2026, 11:45
Since the start of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 66 times, with the fiercest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.
The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Kramatorsk on March 29 has increased to 12.
Ukraine will not be the party that blocks further peace talks and is ready to hold them anywhere except Russia and Belarus.
Soldiers of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with neighboring units, repelled a Russian mechanized assault near the village of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia region, destroying enemy equipment and killing 20 invaders.
Russia took satellite images of a U.S. airbase in Saudi Arabia three times in the days leading up to Iran’s attack on the base, which resulted in injuries to U.S. military personnel.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in the Kingdom of Jordan on an official visit.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s appearance on a major French television channel with propaganda-laden comments, coinciding with the G7 summit in which Ukraine was participating.
Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on Kramatorsk, killing three people—including a teenager—and injuring seven others.
The government has allocated 22.35 billion hryvnias for the construction of protective structures for water, heating, and electricity supply facilities, as well as for Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways).
A 13-year-old girl who was wounded during the Russian shelling of the Voskresenske community in the Mykolaiv region has died in the hospital.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a woman was killed, and two men were wounded as a result of Russian shelling.
During the G7 summit in France, Ukraine received an indication that another country is ready to join the Agreement on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have attacked Naftogaz Group production facilities in the Sumy region using drones.
At the G7 summit in France, U.S. partners assured that they have no plans to redirect weapons intended for the PURL program. Also, another country has expressed its desire to join the program to procure weapons for Ukraine.
On the night of March 29, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces struck the locations of the Russian Army’s BM-30 Smerch/Tornado-S multiple rocket launchers in the temporarily occupied Crimea and fuel tanks in the temporarily occupied part of the Luhansk region.
Ukraine has proven its importance not only for European security but also for broader regional processes, particularly in the Middle East; Ukrainian drones and countermeasures are, in fact, a strategic resource that must be harnessed for the national interest.
Over the past week, the Russians have launched over 3,000 drones, more than 1,450 guided aerial bombs, and 40 missiles of various types at Ukraine.
In the Voskresenka community of the Mykolaiv region, eight children and two adults were injured as a result of a Russian attack; three are in critical condition.
Overnight in the Odesa region, Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure and an energy facility, resulting in power outages.
Air defense forces have shot down 380 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine since last night. Enemy strikes were recorded at seven locations.
Over the past 24 hours, nine settlements in the Kharkiv region came under enemy attack, leaving six people wounded.
In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, on March 28, five people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling.
In Russia, the port of Ust-Luga has sustained damage following a nighttime drone attack.
A total of 236 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline over the past 24 hours, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces attacked 42 settlements in the Kherson region, killing one person and injuring two others.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 780 strikes on 41 settlements across the Zaporizhzhia region, using missiles, guided aerial bombs, drones, airstrikes, and artillery.
Russia's total combat losses in its full-scale war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to March 29, 2026 have reached approximately 1,295,830 personnel, including 1,360 soldiers killed or wounded in action over the past 24 hours.
Fighters of the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have killed and wounded 2,158 Russian invaders over the past week.
Ukraine's military intelligence agency, HUR, has released a documentary film about the activities of a Ukrainian agent operating behind enemy lines.