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Thursday, 09 April 2026, 18:45
The Russian army is trying to attack Ukrainian positions along the border and expand the combat zone. Still, despite constant assaults and attempts to get behind the lines, there is no advance — the enemy is suffering severe losses.
Over the past day, seven settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian attack.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 29 of 37 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of February 18.
Russian troops wounded two residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, February 18.
On the front line yesterday, February 18, 237 combat encounters between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded.
In the Kherson region, five people were injured over the past day as a result of Russian aggression.
A five-storey residential building in Kryvyi Rih was damaged during a Russian drone attack; there are casualties.
Russia suffered approximately 1,256,910 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 19, 2026, with 830 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets welcomed the adoption of the law on mandatory evacuation and called on the government to regulate as quickly as possible the procedural issues concerning the status of children evacuated forcibly without the consent of their legal representatives, as well as to determine those responsible for the child at each stage.
18 February 2026
There have been more than 200 combat clashes on the front line, with the Huliaipole and Pokrovsk sectors remaining the hottest areas.
The Lozova urban community has suffered another Russian strike on infrastructure, resulting in water supply problems.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck a number of key Russian military targets both on Russian territory and in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine.
In southern Ukraine, Russian units have been tasked with planting Russian flags in a number of settlements near the line of contact to demonstrate "achievements" ahead of the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.
Since the beginning of the day, the Russian army has attacked Ukrainian positions 102 times, most actively trying to advance in the Huliaipole and Pokrovsk sectors. Defense Forces are holding back the enemy.
Defense Forces carried out counterattacks and assaults, reducing the “gray zone” near the settlements of Vyshneve, Verbove, and Ternove and repelling Russian reinforcement groups.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that contributions to PURL have already reached $584 million this year. In total, according to him, PURL will need $15 billion in 2026.
An enterprise in the Shostka district of the Sumy region has been destroyed as a result of a Russian strike.
Ukrainian defenders are conducting search-and-strike operations to prevent the enemy from infiltrating the town of Berestok in the Donetsk region.
Russian troops dropped three FAB-250 guided bombs on three high-rise buildings in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region.
The village of Dobropillia in the Zaporizhzhia region remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Russian troops have stepped up efforts to encircle Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.
A serviceman from an elite unit of Russia's Ministry of Defense voluntarily surrendered to Ukrainian forces and expressed his intention to fight on Ukraine's side.
Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated the eastern part of Hryshyne in the Donetsk region from Russian invaders.
The Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia injury toll has increased to seven: A 6-year-old girl was hospitalized with a head trauma.
On the night of Wednesday, February 18, drones struck the VNIIR-Progress enterprise in Cheboksary, which works directly with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On the evening of February 17, Sloviansk was attacked by Russian drones, causing damage.
Russian troops carried out 38 strikes on 27 settlements in the Sumy region using various types of weapons in 24 hours, leaving one person dead and 19 wounded.
Russian invaders killed three residents of the Donetsk region yesterday, February 17, and wounded two more people.
The Ukrainian Air Defense Forces neutralized 100 of 126 drones with which Russia attacked Ukraine from the evening of February 17.