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Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 08:10
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, during a meeting with the heads and representatives of the foreign ministries of Southeastern Europe, called for joining the work of defense coalitions to provide Ukraine with everything it needs.
In the evening, Russian troops shelled the village of Komyshany, Kherson region, with artillery. A 65-year-old woman was injured.
On Saturday afternoon, the Russian military attacked communities in the Nikopol region almost two dozen times. A utility company, a religious institution and solar panels were damaged.
The use of hazardous chemicals by the Russian army has become systematic. Since February 2023, 5,389 cases of the use of such substances against the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been recorded.
The Russian military attacked the Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts, the consequences of the shelling are being established.
In Zaporizhzhia, rescuers unblocked the body of a dead man from the rubble.
Eighty-nine combat engagements have been recorded on the front since the beginning of the day. In three directions, as well as in Russia’s Kursk region, fighting is currently in progress, with the Russian army attacking most actively in the Pokrovsk axis.
The Russian invaders operating in the Toretsk axis are employing a new tactic adopted from the notorious Wagner Group, which the military refers to as “kamikaze mules”.
Russian artillery shelled the village of Tomyna Balka in Kherson region where a 70-year-old woman was injured in her backyard.
A group of unidentified saboteurs set ablaze two communication towers near the city of Krasnodar, Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky showed the consequences of the morning enemy shelling of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia and called on the world to join forces to increase pressure on Russia and its henchmen.
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, successfully struck at the Rosneft base in Lyudinovo, Kaluga region of the Russian Federation, on the night of January 18.
Two people who were wounded in an enemy attack remain in Zaporizhzhia hospitals. Doctors assess their condition as severe and moderate.
In Kyiv on the morning of January 18, a Russian missile attack killed a security guard at a catering establishment and three people in a minibus on the street.
On the night of January 18, at least 10 Ukrainian drones hit an oil depot in the Tula region.
A woman and two men were killed in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv as a result of a Russian ballistic attack on the morning of Saturday, January 18.
Yesterday, in the village of Prystin of the Kupiansk community in Kharkiv region, two houses were destroyed and three were damaged as a result of attacks by Russian troops.
In the Kyiv region, three private houses, two outbuildings and four cars were damaged as a result of falling debris from downed enemy targets.
Ten people were injured in Zaporizhzhia as a result of an enemy attack that occurred at six in the morning.
Overnight Saturday, Ukrainian drones attacked seven Russian regions. Local residents reported a blaze in the area of an oil depot in Tula region.
There are no Russian warships in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov as of Saturday morning.
As of 08:00 on Saturday, January 18, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have shot down two Russian Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 24 drones.
The total combat casualties Russian troops have suffered in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion are estimated at 817,160, including 1,340 killed or wounded in action in the past day.
Explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia during an air raid as an infrastructure facility was hit and casualties were reported on the ground.
Amid an air raid alert in Kyiv, a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district went ablaze after an explosion. At least three people were killed as per tentative reports.
Ukraine’s border guards together with the Army stopped a Russian armored convoy in one of the areas of active hostilities.
17 January 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff meeting to discuss various issues, including UAV production and a missile program.
The number of victims of a Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih has increased to 14, including four children.
Russian kamikaze drones attacked the Nikopol and Marhanets communities in the Dnipro region, damaging houses and a store.