Day 267: November 17Today there is a lot of good and bad news.First of all, the Russians conducted yet another missile strike, although this time, it was not as massive. In total, the Russians launched 16 cruise missiles and 5 kamikaze drones. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that 9 rockets and 2 drones were shot down.Nonetheless, the Russians are still inflicting severe damage to the Ukrainian energy facilities. Ukrainian officials are not sugarcoating the situation and say the damage reaches a critical point where the integrated energy system may collapse in separate units. Right now, around 40% of people are with no electricity. In many instances, this also means that there is no heating, which creates an extremely dire situation, as in many regions, we can already see the first snow.But for some people, no heating is the last thing on their minds because, as a result of the missile strike, many civilians had been killed and wounded. Today, in the Zaporizhzhia region, rockets struck several residential buildings. The buildings got completely demolished, and several families died under debris.The Zaporizhzhia region seems to have also become an active part of the front line because, today, President Advisor Arestovych said in an interview that the Russians conducted their first attack here. These attacks were directed towards Huliapole. The ultimate goal here would be to reach Pavlograd, which right now is 100 km behind the front line. Pavlograd is one of the most important logistic hubs in eastern Ukraine because it allows supplying the Donbas and Luhansk groups fully. However, right now, their success is reportedly limited, and there were no significant changes to the front line.In the Luhansk region, some sources have been reporting lately that the Ukrainians are losing control over the forest near Kreminna. But today, Ukrainian soldiers released a video where they caught and completely destroyed a Russian patrol. I will not show how they killed them but judging by the video description, the attack was conducted somewhere to the south of Kreminna.Some fights were also reported in Bilohorivka. A few days ago, the Russians tried to advance on Ukrainian positions here, to push them out of Bilohorivka and consequently take half of the forest. At first, they achieved some success and established control over the northern part of Bilohorivka. This theoretically secured the southern part of the forest, which is why a lot of claims started suggesting that the Russians were advancing from Kreminna. But today, the Ukrainians conducted a counterattack and successfully pushed the Russians to their initial positions. Overall, the Ukrainians have regained the initiative in this region once again and are the ones who conduct most attacks, while the Russians are either in pure defense or active defense.Lastly, a series of explosions were reported in Crimea. The targets of the attacks became Dzhankoi and Feodosia. Photo and video evidence suggest that the attack was conducted by drones. Now, Dzhankoi is 150 km away from the nearest Ukrainian positions, while Feodosia is more than 250 km away. Some sources say that these drones are Ukrainian-made. Interestingly, together with the reports about these explosions, some articles were published where it was said that Ukrainian drone technology is developing at a rapid pace and, after the war, Ukraine might as well become the biggest producer of drones in the world. Hopefully, this comes true but for now, let’s wait and see.If you are against the invasion of Ukraine and want to support the work that I am doing, consider making a purchase in the online store UA Supporter. Here you can find a lot of products with Ukrainian symbols, to not only show your support for this channel, but also for Ukraine.