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18 December 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on international partners to help Ukraine to fully close the sky and deprive Russia of its main instrument of terror - missile strikes.
In the temporarily occupied city of Alchevsk in Luhansk region, a fire broke out at a fuel storage depot of Russian invaders.
The Russian forces carried out 26 strikes on two communities in Sumy region.
The Russian troops are relocating part of forces from Kakhovka and Nova Kakhovka closer to the border with the Zaporizhzhia region.
Today, December 18, the enemy struck a community in the Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
The total amount of military aid provided to Ukraine by the Netherlands has reached almost EUR 1 billion.
Russian troops continue attempts to break through the defense of Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine but have had no success so far.
Two civilians have been killed and four injured in Russia’s shelling of the city of Kherson today.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held another meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to discuss the situation in the hottest spots on the battlefield and in Belarus, and progress in recovering after Russia’s recent missile attack.
Russian troops are restoring railway infrastructure to improve logistics in the Zaporizhzhia direction and attempting to recapture the positions they have lost in the Lyman direction.
The invaders are setting up concrete structures, the so-called "dragon's teeth", on the streets of Melitopol town, Zaporizhzhia region, probably in preparation for street battles.
Two men were killed in an enemy mine blast in the village of Dovhenke, Kharkiv region.
There are about 500 Russian invaders in the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
The army of the Russian Federation was shelling Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, for seven hours in a row.
On Sunday, the occupiers struck Kupyansk district again: a hospital was damaged, a paramedic was injured.
The Russian troops killed four civilians and injured nine more in Ukraine on December 17.
On Sunday, December 18, Russian troops shelled Kherson city again. At least three people were injured.
Russia has deported about 2 million citizens from Ukraine, including a large number of children.
Putin has consistently weaponized invocations of the negotiation process to isolate Ukraine from partner support.
Over the past day, Russian troops have opened fire on the Kherson region 54 times. As a result, three civilians were killed and six injured.
The military units and forces of the Naval Infantry Command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated eight Russian invaders over the past day.
The so-called ‘front line creative brigades’, which have been announced by the Russian military command, are unlikely to raise the fragile morale of Russian troops, waging the aggressive war against Ukraine.
Over the past day, Russian troops have been shelling three communities in the Sumy region, namely Seredyna-Buda, Znob-Novhorodske and Shalyhyne.
Russia has already lost about 98,280 troops in Ukraine (+590 over the past day).
A total of 450 children have been killed and over 863 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.
Over the past day, Russian troops have been launching artillery strikes on the Kharkiv region’s border areas.
Russian troops hit the water area in Ochakiv community, Mykolaiv region, with MLRS yesterday, December 17.
In Donetsk region, Russian troops killed a civilian and injured another one over the past day, December 17.
The Russians shelled Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, with heavy artillery five times during the night.
Over the past day, Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit eight enemy personnel clusters and two command posts.