Summary of the Ministry of Defense of Russia as of 18.04.2023

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On the Kupyansk direction, enemy units in the areas of Krakhmalnoye, Olshana, Kucherovka, and Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region were struck by the attacks of assault and army aviation, as well as artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops.

In addition, actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were intercepted in the areas of Synkivka in the Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic.

Within 24 hours, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two combat armored vehicles, two vehicles, two self-propelled howitzers M109 "Paladin" of US production, and one D-20 howitzer were destroyed on this direction.


On the Krasno-Limansk direction, enemy units in the areas of Chervonaya Dibrova and Chervonopopovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Terny and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, were defeated by aviation strikes and artillery fire from the "Center" group of troops.

Enemy losses amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen and two combat armored vehicles.

On the Donetsk direction, assault squads seized three blocks in the northern, central, and southern parts of the city of Artemovsk as a result of active operations.

Airborne troops and units of the Southern group of troops provided support to the actions of assault squads in liberating the city and prevented attempts by the enemy to counterattack from the flanks.

Units of the "Southern" group of troops struck enemy units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic with the strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, as well as artillery fire.

Six aircraft sorties were carried out in one day to support assault squads. Artillery units of the group carried out 63 fire missions.

Enemy losses on this direction amounted to over 290 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries in 24 hours.

In addition, one Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle, three combat armored vehicles, eight vehicles, one BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launcher, one M777 artillery system of US production, and one AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station of US production were destroyed.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, the units of the "Vostok" troops inflicted defeats on the enemy's units using the strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems. The areas of UgleDar and Novopol in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as Malaya Tokmachka and Poltavka in the Zaporizhia region, were targeted.

Up to 30 Ukrainian military personnel, three infantry fighting vehicles, two pickups, and one D-20 howitzer were destroyed.

In addition, two ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of Huliaipole and Chervona Krynitsa in the Zaporizhia region.

In the Kherson direction, during the fire engagement, more than 25 Ukrainian military personnel, three vehicles, one M777 artillery system of US production, and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed within 24 hours.

The operational-tactical aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the groupings of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted defeats on 98 artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in firing positions, personnel, and equipment in 126 districts.

In the areas of Terny and Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the command posts of the 25th airborne and 110th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were targeted.

In the areas of Kobzartsy and Snihirevka in the Mykolaiv region, two fuel depots for Ukrainian military equipment were destroyed.

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