War update: 278 clashes on front line over past day, most attacks in Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors

Ukrinform reports this, citing the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a Facebook update on the situation as of 8:00 on Thursday, September 17. The enemy launched 106 air strikes, dropping 356 guided aerial bombs. In addition, Russian forces deployed 7,106 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,366 shelling attacks, 33 of them using multiple-launch rocket systems. In the Sumy region, the following settlements came under artillery fire: Sadky, Tovstodubove, Korenok, Kucherivka, Bezsalivka, Neskuchne, Pavlivka, Ivolzhanske, Rozhkovychi, Potapivka, Bachivsk, Mala Slobidka, Hirky, Ryzhivka, Pysarivka, Mariine, and Mykhalchyna Sloboda. In the Chernihiv region, Russian forces shelled Lohy.