Heavy fighting continues in southern Ukraine. The Russians are trying to hold their positions and carried out an unsuccessful attack towards Belogorka, Kherson region. This is stated in the summary of the General Staff for August 17.

“The occupiers launched air strikes and fought offensive battles near Belogorka. The Ukrainian soldiers pretty much thinned out the orders of the Russian invaders and forced the enemy to flee,” the building of the General Staff reads..

The Russians are taking measures to make up for losses and are actively shelling the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, the Russian invaders continue to conduct reconnaissance with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles..

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Recall, the Pivden Operational Command also reported that on Tuesday, August 16, an airborne assault platoon tried to reconnoiter the state of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the village of Belaya Krinitsa, Kherson region. The Russians did not have success and they retreated.