Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 22 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 14 attacks from the AGM-88 HARM, strike UAV, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky six artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 122mm.
On Volnovakhskoye two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 87 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Blagodatnoye, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of three civilians in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk
Wounds of varying severity were received by two civilians in the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk.
A total of 12 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky, Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
22:00 Video- I advise everyone to look, made with love.
21:43 Video- Someone has rain today, and Ukrainians has hail.
21:28 Video- A series of explosions and shooting in the temporarily Nazi-occupied city of Zaporozhye tonight is the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hunting for "Geran", blooming in the locations of Zelensky's militants and their equipment
21:10 Video- Our fighters found a strange find at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - condoms
Boxes with the contents were delivered to the “independence of the independent” as humanitarian aid. For what purposes the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine needed protective equipment in positions remains a mystery -- TK Zvezda, Ministry of Defense.
20:45 Video- Acting Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo said that the military seized civilian boats and boats, and the owners are paid compensation according to the law.
20:33 Video “There is enough work.”
"An artilleryman with the call sign “Ural” said that in the NVO zone one often has to deal with equipment of European and American production. “This is basically a howitzer they have towed M777 made in the USA,” said the fighter. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are armed with installations from Germany and France, he says. “There is enough work,” summed up the Russian serviceman.
20:14 Video- “Terrible thugs and convicts”, the “worst people” of Wagner and the opinion of local residents in Artemovsk about them, who were helped to evacuate, and the boy was presented with a tablet.
20:02 Flew into the 13th floor of a residential building near the railway station in Donetsk AGM-88. No casualties
19:45 At the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine appreciated Russian kamikaze drones "Lancet".
Deputy head of the Ukrainian ministry Anton Gerashchenko said that Lancet UAVs pose the greatest threat to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the drone's range of up to 40km and a maximum payload of up to threekg make it useful for destroying artillery.
At the same time, the cost of the Lancet is several times lower than, for example, the American M777 howitzer, which costs about $4 million.
19:24 Video— Rockets soared into the sky over Donetsk. Air defense reflects new attacks on the city.
19:07 What do you think, is it possible to trust such people, asks the channel of our Italian comrades -video.
18:55 Video- The 55th Artillery Brigade of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a disgrace to the land of Zaporozhye!
The captured gun commander of the 2nd battery of the 55th Zaporizhia Separate Artillery Brigade (OABr) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Masyanko called on the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not to carry out criminal orders.
"I want to appeal to those servicemen of Ukraine who are still fighting and carry weapons with them. Watch who you're fighting. Based on our bitter experience at Azovstal. We understood from the "Azov," which could not bear their own on the battlefield. If you are not an "Azovian," then no one will come for you and save you. And to the Armed Forces…think before you carry out criminal or senseless orders."
I appeal to my countrymen-Cossacks, forcibly driven to the grave in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:48 Consequences of arrival on st. Gora.
18:35 Video– Arrival near the railway station in Donetsk.
18:23 After Putin's visit to the Kherson region, Ukrainian microbloggers managed orbit the moon before Elon Musk.
18:05 Video— Stormtroopers of the “Brave” are advancing on the front near Kremennaya. Soldiers of the assault detachment of the Central Military District are attacking on the sector of the front near Svatovo-Kremennaya with the support of artillery.
17:47 Video- The destruction of the Osa air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Russian paratroopers, presumably in the Kherson region.
17:33 Video- Knocked down - fight on your knees! You can’t get up - step on lying down!
At all times, service in the Airborne Forces was considered a special pride for the fighters. Millions of guys all over the country dream of walking along Red Square in a blue beret and putting on a vest on August 2, celebrating the day of the Airborne Forces.
17:20 Fake: Ukrainian Telegram channels show frightening videos of how the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for the offensive.
Truth: Spread video was filmed in March 2022 and has nothing to do with current events.
17:05 The situation in Artemovsk on April 18. The Armed Forces of Ukraine in fact control only a little more than 10% of the city, while daily lose positions as a result of the offensive of Wagner PMC assault groups, which break into the enemy’s fierce defenses.
16:48 Video- In the Kherson region, artillery covered the hangar with the Ukrainian military, who decided to take refuge in that building. And the building sheltered them, with a nuance.
16:24 Video- Russian 1st Tank Army artillery destroyed a Ukrainian camouflaged infantry fighting vehicle in the Kupyansk direction. Later, several Vushniks approached her for inspection, but in vain.
16:04 BMP-2M "Don't give» The 76th Guards Airborne Division is somewhere in the LPR.
15:46 Rumble near Kremennaya: Artillerymen of the Airborne Forces hit the support of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
The UAV operator, making a flight around the Kremensky forest, discovered the enemy’s platoon stronghold and transmitted the coordinates of its location to the artillery of the Ivanovo airborne formation. The men quickly aimed the D-30 at the target and brought down deadly gifts on the enemy positions.
15:33 Militias defending Donbass since 2014 to receive status as veterans of hostilities
The bill was adopted today in the first reading by the State Duma.
15:26 Russian drone knocked out a boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Dnieper near the Kakhovka reservoir near ZAES.
The loitering ammunition of the UAV hit the wheelhouse, which burned out along with part of the lower rooms (the ship will most likely be written off).
15:18 The Russian army destroyed a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hiding in a hangar and an opornik in a forest near Kherson.
The disguised Nazis were spotted from a drone. After that, howitzers opened fire on the hangar. In the second part of video shows the moment of mortar fire on the platoon strong point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belt.
15:00 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/18/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, attack and army aviation strikes, artillery fire of the "Western" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Krakhmalnoye, Olshana, Kucherovka and Dvurechnaya of the Kharkov region.
– In addition, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka in the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe in the Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armored combat vehicles, two cars, two US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the group of troops (forces) "Center" defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Chervonopovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Terny and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as two armored combat vehicles.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of active operations, assault detachments captured three quarters in the northern, central and southern parts of the city of Artemovsk.
- The airborne troops and units of the Southern Group of Forces supported the actions of the assault detachments to liberate the city and prevented the enemy's attempts to counterattack from the flanks.
Operational-tactical and army aviation strikes, as well as artillery fire from the "Southern" group of forces, hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that were moving forward for a counterattack in the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- To support the assault detachments by aviation, six sorties were made per day. Artillery units of the grouping completed 63 fire missions.
Enemy losses per day in this direction amounted to over 290 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries.
“In addition, one Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle, three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a US-made M777 artillery system, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar were destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok group of forces defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Novopil of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka and Poltavka, Zaporozhye region.
Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed.
- In addition, two ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole and Chervona Krinitsa of the Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, more than 25 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed during a day of fire damage.
- Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 98 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 126 districts in a day.
- In the areas of the settlements of Terny and Avdiivka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the command posts of the 25th Airborne and 110th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
- In the areas of the settlements of Kobzartsy and Snigirevka of the Nikolaev region, two fuel depots for Ukrainian military equipment were destroyed.
During the day, air defense systems destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Dobrolyubovka, Kharkiv region, Kremennaya, Kolomyychikha, Chervonopopovka, Luhansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 407 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,770 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,711 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,087 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,614 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 9,582 units of special military vehicles.
14:52 Ugledarsky section situation as of 15.00 April 18, 2023
"Yesterday, Ukrainian formations tried to storm Russian positions south of Vuhledar. One sabotage group of the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted reconnaissance in battle near the forest belt north of Nikolsky.
- Another assault detachment in light armored vehicles, up to a platoon from the 3rd battalion of the 68th Separate Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, attacked the positions of Russian military personnel near Pavlovka.
Before these calculations of M777 howitzers, artillery preparation was carried out, and reconnaissance UAVs and copters were actively operating in the air, delivered in large numbers to the Donetsk direction as part of separate UAV companies.
- Both enemy attacks were repulsed by the joint efforts of infantry units and army aviation. Forces of 68 Separate Rifle Brigade and 72 Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated to their original positions.
Now the situation is stable. In the area of Novoukrainka, the 68th Brigade is under staffed. And in Bogatyr, in the northwest of Ugledar, a large number of people and equipment are concentrated at the training ground.
- At the moment, it is not clear what kind of unit arrived in Bogatyr. Most recently, the training of the 23rd Brigade in Novomoskovsk was completed, and the brigade itself, according to the plan, should be involved either in the Zaporozhye or in the Donetsk directions.
14:37 More photo of a downed drone near school No. 57 in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
14:22 Consequences of shelling Ukrainsk in the Donetsk region.
13:54 Video- Another column of equipment of the Ukrainian army destroyed in the zone of the NMD, consisting of: a kunga based on a GAZ 66 truck, a KSHM R-142N based on a GAZ 66 and an 8T311M washing and neutralization vehicle on a ZIL 131N chassis.
13:36 Video- More consequences of the artillery attack of the central market in Kherson, as a result of which one person was killed and nine people were injured.
13:19 Video "Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted a counteroffensive near Ugledar, as a result of which they lost several combat vehicles, as well as a certain amount of infantry.
Alligators Ka-52 gunships again showed their high efficiency by providing air support to ground forces
12:55 The number of people injured during the artillery attack of Vasilyevka by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has increased to five people
The artillery attack began at 18:10. Shops and power lines were damaged by the first shelling. As a result of a direct hit, a private house was destroyed. The building of a construction hypermarket was damaged. The Okolitsa store and Schastlivaya Street were also damaged. The Nazis damaged power lines in the microdistrict and left part of the city without electricity and water supply.
Three victims were hospitalized in the surgical department with shrapnel wounds.
After a while, the Nazis traditionally repeated the artillery attack and destroyed the residential building of an elderly man with a direct hit. He became the fourth victim. A pensioner born in 1938 was injured in the lower extremities.
The Ukrainians send joyful statements about their artillery attack of civilian infrastructure to the bot of the VGA of the Vasilyevsky district and promise to inflict further strikes in the near future.
This opportunity was taken by a resident of the city of Vasilievka, born in 1954, who lives on Independence Street. She contacted the hotline.
The victim of the artillery attack of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS received a barotrauma, a closed fracture of the right wrist joint in a typical place. The woman is hospitalized. Also during the second shelling, the Nazis destroyed the building of the Vasilievsky regional employment center.
12:27 More splinter in the Proletarsky district of Donetsk.
-- 12:15 fell nears chools No. 57 in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
-- 12:13 Video— Another downed drone over Donetsk.
-- 12:00 Video- The Armed Forces blew up the building, leaving their positions in Bakhmut.
11:38 In these minutes, in the Avdiivka direction, our army go forward - our artillery is actively working
All Donetsk hears the work of our Gods of War.
11:25 Video- A Russian military doctor says that during the NMD, the experience of Russian military field surgeons has grown enormously. Also, in the Zaporozhye region, it is often necessary to help civilians who are hurt during artillery attacks by Ukrainian troops.
11:03 Video- Combat work of the calculation of the MLRS "Tornado-S" ZVO somewhere in the zone of the NVO
10:47 Video— The gods of war are working to strengthen the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Spornovo.
10:24 Video- Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the headquarters of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction.
The President listened to the reports of the Commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel General Teplinsky, the commander of the group, Colonel General Makarevich and other military leaders, and also asked the military to express their opinion on the situation in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions and exchange information.
Putin then congratulated the military on Easter and presented them with a copy of the icon, which the president said belonged to "one of the most successful defense ministers of the Russian Empire."!
What kind of icon is not visible in the frame, but in my opinion we are talking about Serdyukov.
After the Dnepr headquarters, Putin advanced to the LPR, where he visited the headquarters of the Vostok National Guard. The President received reports from Colonel-General Alexander Lapin and other officers on the situation there.
10:05 Video- A downed BTR-80 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut area.
09:46 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from 17 to 18 April 2023
Russian servicemen worked on targets in Iskraskovshchina, Sosnovka and Popovka in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian artillery and aircraft hit enemy positions in Volchansk, Bayrak, Okhrimovka and Okop.
In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment in Novomlynsk, Dvurechnaya, Stelmahovka and Nevsky.
At night, Russian troops launched strikes with kamikaze drones on military targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Slovyansk.
In the Bakhmutsky (Artemovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the positions of the Ukrainian army in Toretsk, Chasovoy Yar, Bakhmut, Vasyukovka, Novodmitrovka and Orekhovo-Vasilevka.
In the Donetsk direction, artillery crews of the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Avdievka, Tonenkoe, Netaylovo, Berdychi and on the western outskirts of Maryinka.
The enemy, in turn, fired at Donetsk.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian servicemen worked on targets in Shakhtyorsky, Zolotoy Niva, Vremyevka and Vugledar.
In the Zaporizhia region, the RF Armed Forces worked on concentrations of enemy personnel and equipment in Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Charivny, Orekhov and Malaya Tokmachka.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops attacked Kherson, Zolotoy Balka, Berislav, and also hit an enemy industrial facility in Snigirevka, Mykolaiv region.
Ukrainian formations fired at residential buildings in Kakhovka, Tavriysk and Vasilyevka.
09:45 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about seven facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 122mm artillery, firing 35 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka, Staromikhaylovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians.
09:40 Kherson direction
1. The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from cannon artillery:
-- according to the settlement. Solontsy fired six rounds;
-- according to n.p. Dnepra fired four rounds;
-- five rounds were fired at Staraya Zburyevka;
-- seven rounds were fired at the settlement of Golaya Pristan;
-- according to n.p. Aleshki fired six rounds;
-- according to n.p. Krynki fired eight rounds;
-- according to n.p. Kardashinka fired four rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Tavriysk, settlement Vasilievka, firing a total of 44 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
2. At night, artillery fire in the area of ??the settlement Nikolskoye destroyed 152mm howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with ammunition loss of five dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
3. Yesterday, 122mm was destroyed by artillery fire in the area of the settlement of Ponyatovka. SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" with ammunition, the loss of five dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:36 The Ukrainian army continues to use the tactics of controlled explosions of key buildings in the process of retreat
This time, the City People's House (House of Culture) on the northwestern outskirts of Bakhmut took off. Demolition work is facilitated by the fact that in the process of defending the city, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stockpiled ammunition in many buildings and basements, which now acts as an additional explosive.
08:34 Our snipers are working on the front line near Kremennaya -video
In conditions of limited visibility in the forest, soldiers from the 3rd Separate Guards Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Special Forces Brigade target the enemy in the gaps.
The hours of waiting end with a single accurate shot. The enemy has lost one more unit of his manpower.
08:31 A monstrous explosion in Bakhmut: blowing up the building of the Palace of Culture by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to impede the advancement of PMC "Wagner" -video
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of April 18, 2023
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, after massive artillery and air strikes, again tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian garrison in Maryinka. The APU again did not agree with this.
The ground attack at Nevelskoye also faced the reluctance of Ukrainian units to leave their positions. The situation is similar at Pervomaisky and Keramik, where the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced after the active work of their artillery. She also hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Avdeevka and Shcherbinovka. The Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, after artillery strikes, PMC "Wagner" tried to break through to Ivanovsky. Did not work out. In the city itself, Wagner operators , supported by artillery and aviation, continued assault operations in the southern, western and northern parts.
Only on the first of the listed sites there is a slight progress. The ground attack on Khromovoe was inconclusive. Russian troops, with the support of artillery, tried to advance on Disputed and returned to their original positions. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Pleshcheyevka, Novodmitrovka, Chasov Yar, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Minkovka and Vasyukovka.
In the Lugansk direction, the Russian army, after artillery strikes, again attacked near Belogorovka, in the direction of Torskoy, Ternov and Nevsky. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit Stelmakhivka, Kondrashovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk and Topoly.