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18 October 2024
South Korea's National Intelligence Service said Friday that the North Korean regime has decided to send 12,000 soldiers to Russia to engage in the war against Ukraine.
Nearly 11,000 North Korean troops are training in eastern Russia to start fighting against Ukraine in November.
At a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told his counterpart Rustem Umerov that Japan will provide Ukraine with additional vehicles from the Self-Defense Forces.
In the past day, 245 people, including 29 children, were evacuated from the Kupiansk and Borova districts of the Kharkiv region.
On October 17, 210 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontlines.
Three people were injured in Russian strikes in the Kherson region on Thursday, October 17.
The Defense Forces have shot down 80 drones that Russian invaders have been using to attack Ukraine since the evening of October 17.
Russian troops killed one resident and wounded two others in the Donetsk region on Thursday, October 17.
On the morning of Friday, October 18, Russian troops fired artillery at the town of Marhanets in the Dnipro region.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 18, 2024, amounted to about 675,800 people, including 1,530 people over the previous day.
During September, Russian troops attacked the region from drones more than 2,700 times, and since the beginning of October - about 1,500 more times.
The essence of the Victory Plan, presented by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, is the strategic defeat of Russia, which should make further war for the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories meaningless for Moscow.
Near Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, fighters of the Gart brigade of the 1st detachment of the State Border Guard Service used FPV drones to strike at the shelters of Russian troops and destroy their Murom-P video surveillance complex.
Soldiers of the Phoenix company of the State Border Guard Service's Revenge brigade killed two Russians and damaged an armored personnel carrier and a military vehicle in the Kupiansk direction in Kharkiv region.
A representative from the Air Force Command informed representatives from 16 NATO member countries about the specifics of organizing strategic communications during wartime as part of an experience exchange course held in Kilkis, Greece.
The Swiss government, in partnership with Global Clearance Solutions, will supply the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) with three demining systems and provide training for personnel.
Since the beginning of September, more than 600 civilians have been evacuated from the Kherson region.
17 October 2024
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, accompanied by Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib, visited a military hospital in Brussels, where Ukrainian defenders are undergoing treatment.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed bilateral relations and strengthening cooperation in ammunition production with his Finnish counterpart Antti Häkkänen.
The Russian forces are attempting to break through the Ukrainian defenses in the area of Chasiv Yar.
Russia has concentrated a significant force in the Toretsk sector of the front.
In the Kupiansk sector of the front, the area of active combat is expanding, so the civilians are advised to evacuate.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has said that the Netherlands will allocate EUR 271 million for large-caliber artillery shells for Ukraine.
The Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Norway, Rustem Umerov and Bjørn Arild Gram, have discussed the current battlefield situation, Ukraine's need for long-range weapons, and strengthening its air defense capabilities.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that North Korean officers are already in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and are training Russian soldiers.
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded state honors to 320 servicemen of the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, with 122 of them receiving awards posthumously.
The low effectiveness of missile-carrying warships at sea has forced the enemy to use them more for diverting Ukrainian air defense during massive missile attacks.
As a result of the nighttime shelling of Kherson, an apartment building, a private house, and a car repair workshop were hit.
On Thursday night and morning, the Russians launched nine attacks on border areas and settlements in Sumy region, resulting in 24 explosions.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s theory of ‘victory involves Russian forces carrying out continuous offensive operations in Ukraine for an indefinite period. However, this strategy will likely lead to a significant depletion of Russia's manpower and equipment.