As of 6:00 AM on March 17th, 2023, the Russian Federation has not abandoned its plans to occupy Ukraine and continues to launch offensive operations, regardless of the losses incurred. The main focus of the enemy is on the Liman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka and Shakhtarsk directions, with more than 70 attacks being made on these areas in the past day. In the Kupyansk and Lyman sectors, the enemy has attempted to break through the defense of our troops in the areas of Hryanikivka, Kreminna, Kuzmine, Verkhnekamianske and Spirne. In the Bakhmut sector, the enemy has continued to try to storm the town of Bakhmut, with unsuccessful offensive actions being repelled in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske and Hryhorivka. On the Avdiivka, Maryinka and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy has conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Kamyanka, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Nevelske and Maryinka.