Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of August 18
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According to Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, Ukrainian troops continue to conduct offensive operations along the entire front line.
Frontline situation
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remains relatively unchanged.
In the Siversk and Slobozhanske directions, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling on over 20 settlements, including:
- Vilchyky, Mykolaivka in the Chernihiv region;
- Pokrovka, Novodmytrivka, Ryasne in the Sumy region, and Okhrymivka, Mala Vovcha, Budarky, Stroyivka in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy's attempts to advance in the Synkivka area of the Kharkiv region were unsuccessful. Aviation strikes were carried out in the areas of Petropavlivka and Kucherivka in the Kharkiv region. Populated areas including Dvorichna, Kupiansk, Kucherivka, Kyrylivka, and Krokhmalne in the Kharkiv region, and Nadiia in the Luhansk region, experienced enemy artillery and mortar shelling.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy's attempts to advance in the Biloheorivka area of the Luhansk region were unsuccessful. Aviation strikes were carried out in the areas of Biloheorivka in the Luhansk region, and Terniv, Yampil, and Siversk in the Donetsk region. Around 20 populated areas, including Nevske, Dibrova, and Biloheorivka in the Luhansk region, and Spirne, Zvarivka, Fedorivka, and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region, were subjected to enemy artillery shelling.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy's attempts to advance in the Bohdanivka and Bila Hora areas of the Donetsk region were unsuccessful. Aviation strikes were carried out in the Vasiukivka area of the Donetsk region. Over 20 populated areas, including Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Predtechine, Pivnichne, Zalizne, and Druzhba in the Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy's attempts to advance in the area of the settlement Keramik in the Donetsk region were unsuccessful. Aviation strikes were carried out in the areas of Novokalynova and Avdiivka in the Donetsk region. More than 10 populated areas, including Novobakhmutivka, Ocheretyne, Berdychiv, and Stepove in the Donetsk region, experienced artillery shelling.
In the Maryinka direction, the defense forces continue to contain the Russian forces' advancement in the areas of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk region. The enemy launched an aviation strike in the Krasnohorivka area of the Donetsk region. Over 10 populated areas, including Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobeda, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region, were subjected to enemy artillery shelling.
In the Shakhtarsk direction, the enemy attempted unsuccessfully to regain lost positions in the Urzhaino area of the Donetsk region and the Novodarivka area of the Zaporizhzhia region. Over 10 populated areas, including Vodianoe, Bohoiavlenka, Vuhledar, and Prechystivka in the Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the enemy launched an aviation strike in the Robotyne area of the Zaporizhzhia region. Over 25 populated areas, including Novodarivka, Levadne, Malynivka, Chervone, Huliaipole, and Zaliznychnoe in the Zaporizhzhia region, experienced enemy artillery shelling.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy's artillery shelling affected over 15 populated areas, including Antonivka, Zelenivka, Komyshani, Dniprovsky, Kherson, Veletenske, Tomyna Balka in the Kherson region, and Kutsurub, Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region.
The advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive operations in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, consolidating their positions and carrying out counter-battery measures.
Russian losses
Our defenders have destroyed 2 enemy Ka-52 attack helicopters and 4 tactical-level reconnaissance drones.
Missile and artillery units struck 4 enemy artillery assets on firing positions, 2 ammunition depots, and 1 enemy electronic warfare station.
