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Thursday, 18 December 2025, 09:58
Russian forces cannot defeat the Ukrainian Armed Forces and are in a vulnerable position on the battlefield, which is why Moscow is seeking to compensate for its inability with massive air strikes on Ukrainian cities.
During a visit to a drone interceptor production facility, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that manufacturers have been given a clear task: to ensure that Ukraine is capable of deploying at least 1,000 interceptors per day within a specified time frame.
Russian troops carried out strikes on the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, damaging a factory, power lines, gas pipelines, and private homes.
Emergency rescue operations have been completed in Kharkiv at the site of the Russian air strike on a medical facility on July 25.
Since the beginning of the year, the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine as a result of Russian shelling has reached its highest level in the last three years.
In Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Russian forces injured five civilians who were near a retail establishment. Four of the victims are in serious condition, according to the regional prosecutor's office.
Since the start of the day, there have been 85 combat engagements between Ukrainian defenders and Russian forces. The Pokrovsk sector remains the hottest combat zone, with 30 enemy attacks already repelled.
In Kharkiv, one of the Russian air-dropped bombs struck the building of Regional Tuberculosis Hospital No. 3, where 13 patients and 25 staff members were present at the time.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, and U.S. Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, held working-level talks and discussed the situation on the frontline in detail.
To compel the Kremlin to end its war in Ukraine, the West must apply comprehensive pressure on Russia, including limiting its ability to trade oil and allowing Ukraine to strike Russian oil and gas infrastructure.
The number of people injured in a Russian airstrike on Kharkiv has risen to 14, including a 12-year-old girl. Emergency rescue operations are ongoing.
Retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former Commander of U.S. Army Europe, believes there are several main scenarios for how Russia’s war against Ukraine could end.
Three people may be trapped under the rubble of a medical facility in Kharkiv that was hit by a Russian airstrike.
The village of Lyptsi in the Kharkiv region is completely under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Russian army carried out an air strike on one of Kharkiv's medical facilities.
Cyber specialists from Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (DIU) have delivered a "digital strike" against the Russian-installed occupation government in Crimea, destroying all data stored on their so-called government servers.
Russian forces have stepped up assaults in the Pokrovsk sector this summer, using so-called “meat assault” tactics and suffering heavy personnel losses.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian forces have not achieved any significant breakthroughs on the battlefield and are instead trying to compensate with military-information operations.
On July 24, a total of 43 people, including nine children, were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have neutralized 54 drones launched by the Russian military in attacks on Ukraine since the evening.
Along the border in Chernihiv region, Russian forces are not conducting operations involving infantry groups.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 60 strikes on 26 settlements in Sumy region, resulting in the death of one woman and injury to another. Civilian infrastructure was also damaged.
Over the past day, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops engaged in a total of 174 combat clashes, a third of which took place in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Russian army attacked the Dnipropetrovsk Region at night, and one person was wounded.
The Russian army, using aircraft, drones, and artillery, struck 38 settlements in the Kherson Region in the past 24 hours, resulting in six people being wounded.
Total combat losses of Russian troops in manpower from February 24, 2022, to July 25, 2025, reached about 1,047,250 people, including 980 invaders eliminated in the last 24 hours.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched 428 strikes on 17 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia Region. A 48-year-old woman was wounded as a result of the enemy attack on the Orikhiv territorial community.
In the first half of 2025, Russian invaders conducted at least 45 military drills in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Russian media are spreading fake news that Ukrainian soldiers released from Russian captivity are allegedly facing criminal prosecution for desertion.