❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, September 17:

▪Russia liberated the Rozovka community in the Zaporozhye Region

▪Russian troops established control over the Malaya Volchya settlement in the Kharkov Region

▪Russia thwarted all attempts by Ukrainian units to break out of the Kharkov Region encirclement

▪Russian forces continue tightening the encirclement and expanding the outer control zone in the Kharkov Region

▪Ukraine lost up to 40 troops, an armored combat vehicle, a self-propelled artillery gun in the Kharkov Region encirclement in 24 hours

▪Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian units trying to reinforce troops near the communities of Prikolotnoye and Novoaleksandrovka in the Kharkov Region

▪Air defenses shot down eight smart bombs and 956 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones in 24 hours

▪Russian forces hit Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities, warehouses and workshops in 152 areas

▪Kiev lost about 1,260 troops in the special military operation zone in 24 hours