[NewsFront] 22:06 FPV drone operators of the Western Forces destroyed underground strongholds and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk district of the Khar'kov region.
UAV crews from the Center group destroyed an enemy artillery installation in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Air cover groups eliminated heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the skies over the Zaporizhzhia region.
FPV drone crews destroyed mortars in camouflaged firing positions, an attack drone, and an enemy repeater antenna in the Sumy region.
20:06 FPV drone calculations at the Rubicon Center struck automotive and armored vehicles, ground-based robotic systems, elements of communication systems, temporary deployment points and enemy UAVs in the special military operation zone.
19:22 In the period from 8.00 to 19.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
13 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,.
Two UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region
17:22 Supercam S350 UAV crew of the Center group of forces provided destruction of a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
16:05 On frames: Destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV launcher along with transport in the area of the village of Shatrishche in the Sumy region.
15:39 Work of the 11th Army Corps crews on the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelters in the Khar'kov region,video.
15:15 Orekhovskoye direction. Assault groups of the Dnepr Group of Forces began advancing east of Shcherbaki, MAP.
14:54 Calculation of the ATGM system of the Dnepr group of forces with precise launches of guided missiles destroyed two combat armored vehicles with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
14:29 FPV drone operators of the Sever group destroyed reconnaissance and strike UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the skies of the Khar'kov region.
12:29 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of January 18, 2026. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation.:
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. Formations of a mechanized brigade, an airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Rogozne, Novaya Sich, Yastrebine, Pisarevka, and Myropillya in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of two heavy mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vatutino, Prikolotnoye, Ryasnoye, Pokalyanoye, Okhrimovka, and Zeleny Hai in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost over 175 military personnel, 24 vehicles, five field artillery pieces, an Israeli-made RADA radar station, an electronic warfare station, and four supply depots.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, an airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Blagodatovka, Berezovka, Novoosinovo, Petrovka, Kutkovka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region, and Yarovaya and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 200 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, 19 cars and two ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Formations of four mechanized, an airmobile, and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kurtovka, Kramatorsk, Vasyutinskoye, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, and Malinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 135 servicemen, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier and a Stryker armored personnel carrier, five armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, four field artillery pieces, including two Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery units, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of six mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an airborne assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Novopavlivka, Fedorivske, and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Artemivka, Annovka, Belitske, Spassko-Mykhailivka, and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 455 servicemen, a tank, two armored personnel carriers, three Cossack armored vehicles, four pickup trucks, three artillery pieces, and an Israeli-made RADA radar station.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a mechanized unit, two assault brigades, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Rizdvyanka, Zaliznychne, Rozovka, Vozdvyzhevka, Staroukrainka, Dorozhnianka, Tsvetkovoe, and Ternovatoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Malomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The enemy lost over 205 troops, three armored personnel carriers, eight vehicles, and two field artillery pieces, including a US-made M777 155mm howitzer. A supply depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Magdalynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Antonivka in the Kherson region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, a combat vehicle of the Osa anti-aircraft missile system, four cars, an artillery piece, two electronic warfare stations and a warehouse of materiel were destroyed.
12:15 Severyan FPV crews are working on mortar positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, video.
10:55 Scalpel drones destroy enemy artillery during the offensive in the Dobropillya direction
Operators from the 150th Motorized Rifle Division are using new guided munitions and FPV to destroy howitzers, mortars, enemy positions, and UAV control centers.
Precise strikes by the Scalpel and attack drones of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division support the offensive in the Dobropillya direction.
10:40 Destruction of the enemy's Novator armored fighting vehicle by an FPV unit of the Southern Group of Forces in the area of the village of Novoselovka, video.
07:32 During the past night, in the period from 23:00 Moscow time on January 17 to 7:00 Moscow time on January 18, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 63 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
23 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
13 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Six – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Six – over the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania,
Four – over the territory of the Astrakhan region,
Four – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Two – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
One – over the territory of Stavropol Krai,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One – over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Released n.p. Pryluky
Privolye was liberated
Expansion of the control zone in the Ivanovka area
Zakotnoye was liberated
Expansion of the control zone east of Grishino
06:00 Crews of the122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery units of the Vostok group inflicted an attack on enemy UAV control points located in forest belts in the Zaporizhzhia region.