❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎞 Rybar Daily Digest of the Special Military Operation: January 17, 2023

⚡️English Translation⚡️

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on January 17

▪️Near Belgorod, Russian air defence forces repelled massive missile attack.

All missiles fired from the territory of Kharkiv Region were intercepted in the air. There were no casualties or damage.

▪️In the border territories of the region, Ukrainian units continue to shell civilian objects.

Another shelling was recorded in Shebekino and Valuysky District, where one person received shrapnel wounds.

▪️In Lyman Sector, Russian motorized rifle units are fighting hard holding previously occupied positions.

Thanks to the effective work of artillery and army aviation, several unsuccessful enemy counterattacks were repelled.

▪️Wagner's PMC units have completed mopping up Soledar. The town is fully controlled by Russian forces.

As a result of an effective offensive operation, a large number of prisoners were captured including foreign mercenaries.

▪️North of Soledar, Wagner's PMC units continue their offensive and expand their zone of control around the town.

After the liberation of Sіlj Railway Station, active fighting shifted to Krasnopolivka and Rozdolivka.

▪️South of Bakhmut, Russian Airborne Troops units continue their offensive to liberate Krasna Hora and Paraskoviivka.

Despite stubborn resistance, AFU continue to lose positions and strongholds in this sector of the front.

▪️In Mar'inka, Russian forces broke through AFU defences and established control over multi-storey buildings near Druzhby Avenue.

Nevertheless, AFU continue to hold their defences in the western quarters of the ruined settlement.
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