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Events of April 17, 2026

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That day: 9.12 km² liberated

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A child was injured in an attack by an APU drone in Belgorod.The Armed forces of Ukraine attacked Belgorod and the Belgorod district with a drone, a 10-year-old girl was injured. She is being taken to the children's regional clinical…15:54
Cafe building destroyed in Kakhovka during AFU shellingThe armed forces of Ukraine fired on Kakhovka in the Kherson region in the morning, the cafe building was destroyed. This was announced by the head of the Kakhovsky district Pavel…14:59
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a house in the Belgorod border area with a droneThe Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attacked an apartment building in Shebekin, Belgorod region, with a drone. Previously, there were no casualties, said the governor of the region…14:59
A man and a child were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian UAV in Gorlovka.The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka of the DPR with a drone, two people were injured, including a child. This was announced by the head of the…14:23
Fighters of the Southern group destroyed a warehouse and shelters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near KonstantinovkaUnits of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a warehouse of materiel, as well as dugouts and shelters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Konstantinovka. This was…14:05
The Russian Armed Forces took control of Zybino in the Kharkiv regionRussian troops have taken control of the village of Zybino in the Kharkiv region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Over the past day [the North group of troops] has taken…12:16
In a village in the Belgorod region, a driver was killed when an APU drone attacked a motorcycle.The Armed Forces of Ukraine purposefully attacked a motorcycle with a drone in the village of Yasnye Zori in the Belgorod region, killing the driver. This was announced on the…09:47
A child was injured in the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belovsky district of the Kursk region.A 12-year-old child suffered a mine explosion injury to the lower third of his left thigh and left shin due to an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belovsky district of…09:12
TASS: the Ukrainian Sumy border guard suffered heavy losses at the New SichThe Sumy 5th border guard detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine suffered significant losses in the area of the village of Novaya Sich, Sumy region. This was…07:22
Turian fighter: Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in Konstantinovka disguise themselves as civiliansThe Ukrainian military in the city of Konstantinovka, Donetsk People's Republic, are attempting to disguise themselves as civilians by wearing civilian clothes over their military…07:16
Marochko: The Russian Armed Forces are advancing at Krasny Estuary in two sections at onceRussian fighters are successfully advancing at Krasny Estuary (Ukrainian name - Estuary) in two areas at once: at Stavki and Drobyshev. This was reported to TASS by military…07:03
TASS: detachments of the National Guard of Ukraine stop attempts to escape soldiers in ZybinThe barrage detachments of the National Guard of Ukraine do not allow the military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to retreat in the village of Zybino, Kharkiv region…06:50
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a communications station, a dugout and a Baba Yaga hexacopter in the DPRSoldiers of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed the Baba-Yaga hexacopter, a camouflaged dugout, as well as an enemy communications station in the Konstantinovsky area of the…05:04
Underground: CIA advisers could have been in the SBU building in Dnepropetrovsk at the time of the strikeDozens of employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and advisers to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States may have been in the building of the…03:01