The occupiers are still directing their efforts in the Donetsk direction.
The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom has published an updated map fighting in Ukraine as of Tuesday, May 17. It was posted on the Defense Ministry's Twitter page.
“Illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues,” the British Defense Ministry said. Twitter
Troops of the Russian occupiers continue the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone, trying to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces in the area of Bakhmut, Severodonetsk and other settlements.
UK Department of Defense/Twitter
In the Lyman direction, the enemy conducted offensive operations in the area of the settlement of Drobysheve. There he reinforces the troops. The Russian invaders tried to advance in the Severodonetsk, Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, but were unsuccessful.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is trying to hold its ground.
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