Russians hit border areas of Sumy region 33 times today
The Russians launched 33 strikes on the border areas of Sumy region during the day, 223 explosions were recorded.
18 June 2023
The Russians launched 33 strikes on the border areas of Sumy region during the day, 223 explosions were recorded.
The Russian Federation has rotated missile carriers in the Black Sea. Currently, one missile carrier with four Kalibr missiles on board is on combat duty.
Ukraine’s Air Force launched seven strikes on Russian personnel clusters and destroyed an anti-aircraft missile system during the day.
Russian troops once again shelled Kharkiv region, injuring a civilian.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine downed four Russia’s drones of different types in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
In the afternoon, the Russian invaders again shelled Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging critical infrastructure facilities.
The Russian forces continue to focus their main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions - 17 combat engagements have been recorded there in the past 24 hours.
On Sunday, the Ukrainian soldiers shot down another Russian Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter.
Two civilians - a father and his son - were killed as the Russian forces shelled Sumy region.
European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton has said that the European Union is speeding up arms deliveries to Ukraine in support of the country's counter offensive against Russian forces,
In Kherson region, utility workers from 13 regions of Ukraine are helping the region to tackle the consequences of the Kakhovka HPP destruction.
As many as 1,500 people currently remain in Avdiivka, Donetsk region.
The United Kingdom will provide GBP 16 million (nearly $20 million) in funding to help Ukraine's cyber defenses, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.
Over the past day, June 17, Ukrainian marines eliminated 19 Russian invaders, as well as destroyed one enemy observation post and three ammunition depots.
Residents of Melitopol have recorded the movement of military equipment and personnel of the Russian invaders through their city from Kherson region toward the Zaporizhzhia area.
Russia has reduced the number of ships on combat duty in the Black Sea to five, with one missile carrier among them.
As of 11:00 on June 18, the Russian troops shelled seven border settlements in Chernihiv and Sumy regions with mortars and artillery, launching a total of 63 strikes.
Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force Command, confirmed the destruction of an ammunition depot of the Russian invaders near occupied Henichesk in Kherson region.
Ukrainian troops destroyed 77 units of Russian military equipment in Tavria direction over the past day.
The Russians shelled the border areas of Sumy region 12 times during the night and morning, destroying private houses.
In Ukraine, 489 children were killed and 1,026 more were injured as a result of the Russian full-scale invasion.
On Sunday morning, Russian invaders shelled Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, damaging a private house.
Over the past day, Russian troops shelled 20 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian army launched 68 strikes on Kherson region over the past 24 hours, killing one person and injuring four more.
Ukraine's defense forces killed about 219,820 Russian invaders between February 24, 2022 and June 18, 2023, including 650 in the past day alone.
Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed two Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters, four Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 attack drones and a Lancet UAV on June 17 and early on June 18.
Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed two enemy Shahed kamikaze drones over the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight.
The air force of Ukraine's defense forces launched 14 air strikes on Russian troop concentration areas on June 17, destroying two anti-aircraft missile systems.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum on June 16 that his troops had allegedly "destroyed" five Patriot air defense systems in Ukraine, but the Ukrainian Air Force assumed that the Russians themselves do not know what a Patriot system is and what it consists of.
In Donetsk region, the final death toll during the period of Russian occupation will be known after the entire de-occupied territory is demined.