The main efforts of the Russian army were focused on conducting offensive operations in the directions of Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner.
In the past day, the Ukrainian military repelled Russian attacks in the areas of Gryanikovka and Sinkovka settlements in the Kharkiv region, Stelmakhovka, Krasnopopovka and Kremennaya in the Luhansk region, Vyemka, Fedorovka, Dubovo-Vasilovka, Razdolevka, Parakhovevka,, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Chasov Yar, Vesele, Water, Maryinka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka and Vugledar in the Donetsk region. This was reported in the morning summary of the General Staff on February 18.
It was noted that the main efforts of the Russian army were focused on conducting offensive operations in the direction of Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner.
During the day, Russian troops launched 10 missiles and 29 air strikes. We made 69 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
The areas of Koloss settlements of the Chernihiv region, Mefedovka, Bachevsk, Esman, Kharkovka, Zarutskoye, Kondratovka, Yunakovka, Zapsilye, Mayskoye and Mezenovka of the Sumy region, as well as Veterinary, Granov, Kazachya Lopan, Strelka, Krasnoe Borisovka, Vesele, Staritsa, Red First in the Kharkov region.
At the direction of Kupyansky and Limansky, Russian troops fired more than 15 settlements. These are Gryanikovka, Kucherovka, Starch and Berestovoye of the Kharkiv region; Pervomaiskoye, Nevskoye, Krasnopopovka, Kremennaya in Lugansk region and Kuzmino, Disputed and Razdolevka in Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the Russian Federation attacked more than 20 settlements, in particular, Razdolevka, Zheleznyanskoye, Paraskoveevka, Berkhovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Kleschievka, Kurdyumovka and New York of the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Avdiivka and Shakhtyorsk, shelling was recorded in 20 district settlements. Among them are Avdeevka, Vodyanoye, Veseloye, Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Bogoyavlenko, Bolshaya Novoselka, Zolotaya Niva, Vuhledar and Neskuchnoye in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, the areas of 25 settlements were attacked by the Russian army, including Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Zheleznodorozhnoye, Belogorie, Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, Orekhov, Novoandreevka, Maly Shcherbaki, Stepnoe, Kamenskoe and Prydneprovskoye of the Zaporizhzhia region .
In the Kherson direction, Kherson, as well as the areas of more than 25 settlements, including Mikhailovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Gavrilovka, Zmievka, Veseloye, Kazatskoye, Ivanovka, Tokarevka, Nikolskoye, Sadovoye and Antonovka of the Kherson region, are suffered from Russian artillery region.
Remember, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, the Russian offensive has begun.
At the same time, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Russia is now playing for time and wants to continue the war of attrition, not aiming to launch major offensives.
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Source: korrespondent

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