On April 17 morning, the movement of Russian units to the territory of Ukraine from the Kursk, Bryansk, and Voronezh regions continues. The Russian Armed Forces units stationed on Ukrainian territory have significant security problems. At the same time, they accumulated substantial stocks of ammunition. The General Staff reported this.
"Dissatisfaction of personnel grows in the occupier's front line, and morale is low. The Russian military staff constantly complains about the lack of rotation, failing equipment, quality of supplied fuel and food."
The General Staff notes that the enemy did not take active action in the Volyn and Polissya directions. Specific units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to carry out tasks to cover the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the territories of the Brest and Gomel regions.
In the Seversky direction, there is a possibility of missile strikes and artillery shelling from the territory of the russian federation on military and civilian infrastructure in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
There are no changes in the composition and positions of the enemy forces in the Slobozhansky direction. The occupiers continue to partially block the city of Kharkiv and shell its residential areas.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the enemy continued airstrikes on Mariupol. It has conducted assault operations near the seaport.
The General Staff reports that units of the 810th and 155th separate Marine brigades are currently preparing for a landing operation. The information is being clarified.
In the South Bug direction, the enemy's primary efforts are to maintain their positions. According to the available information from the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, the combat capability of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd separate motorized rifle brigades of the Transnistrian armed forces was tested with the participation of representatives of the Federal Security Service of the russian federation. The inspected units are not ready for combat operations.
"In the temporarily occupied territories, looting and violence by the Russian military against the civilian population continue. These actions are encouraged by their military command."
Ten enemy attacks, fifteen tanks, twenty-four armored units, ten vehicles, and three enemy artillery systems have been repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions over the past 24 hours.
Thirteen air targets were hit by the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the previous day: one plane, one helicopter, five UAVs, and six cruise missiles.