In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled 17 attacks, in the direction of Avdeevsky, 11 attacks were repelled.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes in 9 areas where Russian personnel were concentrated. The units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on the area where the electronic warfare personnel and ammunition of the occupiers were focused. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on April 18.
71 frontline military clashes were recorded during the day. In general, the enemy carried out 6 missiles and 63 air strikes, and carried out 41 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, there have been civilian casualties as a result of terrorist attacks in Russia. Multi-storey and private houses were destroyed and damaged, as well as other infrastructure facilities.
According to the General Staff, the operational situation in the directions of Volyn and Polesie has not changed significantly. No signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups were detected.
At the direction of Seversky and Slobozhansky, the Russian Federation maintains a military presence in border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, removes populated areas from Russian territory, and increases mine density. and explosive barriers on the Ukrainian state border. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of settlements in Orlovka, Sumy region; Volchansk and Strelka, Kharkov region. More than 20 settlements came under enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Naberezhnoe, Kremsky Bugor, Nikolaevka in the Chernigov region; Klyusy, Belopole, Bruski, Sumy region; Veterinarian, Cossack Lopan, Gatishche, Kharkov region.
In the direction of Kupyansk, the enemy did not carry out offensive operations (attack), but carried out an air strike in the settlement area of Borov, Kharkov region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka in the Kharkov region.
In the direction of Liman, the Defense Forces repelled 2 attacks in the areas of Terny and Yampolevka settlements, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with aviation support, tried to break the defenses of our troops . The enemy also carried out an air strike in the area of the village of Nevskoye, Lugansk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Makeevka, Nevskoye in Lugansk region and Ternitorskoye in Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled 17 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoe, Vyemka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar, Novy, Ivanovskoe, Klishchievka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy launched an air strike near the settlement of New York, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Grigorovka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Avdeevsky, our defenders repelled 11 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdichi, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with aviation support, tried to oust the our units from their occupied lines. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of Semenovka and Selidovo settlements, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar shelling, including Ocheretino, Novobakhmutovka, Umanskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Novopavlovsk, the Defense Forces continue to suppress the Russians in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Urozhaynoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 12 times to destroy the defense of our troops. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Alexandropol, Vodyanoye, and Ugledar in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the invaders, including Krasnohorivka, Paraskoveevka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with aviation support, attacked the positions of our defenders 3 times in the Staromayorsky area of the Donetsk region; Work in the Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Krasnoe, Belogorye, Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region.
In the direction of Kherson, the Russian Federation does not abandon its intention to expel our units from the bridges on the left bank of the Dnieper. So, within 24 hours, with the support of aviation, he made 7 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the settlement area of Krynki, Kherson region. About 20 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Novotyaginka, Ponyatovka in the Kherson region.
We remind you that the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched a missile attack on a Russian military airport in the city of Dzhankoy in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Source: korrespondent
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