Enemy attacked in Pokrovsk sector most, 10 attacks were repelled in Kursk region - General Staff. MAP
Over the last day, 18 February 2025, 156 combat engagements took place in the frontline.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press center of the General Staff.
Strikes on the territory of Ukraine
The enemy launched three missiles and 94 air strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used 4 missiles, and dropped 144 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out more than 5,600 attacks, including 89 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2,386 kamikaze drones.
The enemy carried out air strikes, in particular in the areas of Hremyachka, Romashkove, Marchikhina Buda, Cherkaska Lozova, Gulyaypole, Zaliznychne, and Pyatikhatky.
Strikes against the enemy
Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defence Forces hit eight areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, five artillery systems, four command posts, one air defense facility, as well as two other important Russian targets.
It should be reminded that the total losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1300 people. In addition, Ukrainian troops neutralized 19 tanks, 23 armored combat vehicles, 72 artillery systems, three multiple launch rocket systems, 4 air defense systems, 175 operational and tactical UAVs, 146 vehicles, and one special vehicle of the occupiers.
Situation in the Kharkiv region
As noted, in the Kharkiv sector, our troops successfully repelled two enemy attacks in the areas of Mala Shapkivka and Topoly yesterday.
In the Kupyansk sector, 16 combat engagements took place yesterday near Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Zahryzove, and Lozova.
The situation in the East
According to the General Staff, our troops stopped 12 enemy attacks in the Liman sector. The invaders concentrated their main efforts in the areas of Kopanky, Makiivka, Novolyubivka, and Yampolivka.
In the Siversk sector, near the settlements of Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, and Verkhnekamianske, our defenders successfully repelled four enemy attacks.
It is also noted that three attempts of the invaders to advance near Vasiukivka and in the direction of Oleksandro-Shultyno were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers in the Kramatorsk sector.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy attempted to advance 18 times in the areas of Krymske, Diliyivka, Toretsk, and Shcherbynivka.
"Fifty attacks were repelled by our defenders in the Pokrovsk sector yesterday. The enemy troops are most active near Tarasivka, Vodiane Druhe, Malynivka, Promin, Pishchane, Kotlyne, Nadiivka, Kotlyarivka, Novooleksandrivka, Zaporizhzhia, Oleksiivka, Novotoretske, Andriivka, Dachne, Shevchenko and Ulakly," the General Staff said.
The situation in the South
Defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Novopavlivka sector. In the area of Razdolne and the directions of Kostiantynopol and Burlatske, the occupants tried to break through Ukrainian defensive lines 17 times.
In the Huliaypillia sector, the enemy attempted to advance 14 times in the areas of Novosilka and Novopil.
In the Orikhivsk sector, the occupation forces carried out six assaults on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Novoandriivka, Stepove, and Mali Shcherbaky.
In the Dnipro sector, the enemy did not conduct any active hostilities yesterday.
The situation in the North
"The Ukrainian defense forces continue to conduct operations in the Kursk sector, where the enemy conducted ten assaults on the positions of Ukrainian units yesterday, launched 35 air strikes, dropped 44 combat vehicles, and fired 502 times at the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, including four times from multiple launch rocket systems," the General Staff said.
The operational situation in the Volyn and Polissia sectors remained unchanged. No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
