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Latest information on the situation on the front line on April 17 (updated)
2026-04-18
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:05 Two civilians of the Republic, including a child, suffered today due to the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, as a result of an attack by an Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attack drone on a passenger car, a girl born in 2015 was seriously injured, the child’s father, a man born in 1988, received moderate injuries; they are receiving qualified medical care.

19:34 FPV drone operator of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the North Guards destroyed enemy ATV near the village of Volohovka.

The enemy primarily uses mobile equipment to transport manpower and deliver supplies to positions near the line of combat contact.

In total, over the past 24 hours, Severyanin destroyed five enemy ATVs and three buggies in various areas of the Sumy and Khar'kov regions.

19:18 Soldiers on a boat repelled an attack by kamikaze drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Dnieper Estuary, video.

18:31 The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their attacks on Belgorod and the Belgorod District. A 10 year old chil dsuffered from inflicted injuries.

In Belgorod, a drone strike damaged 17 cars. A girl who was in one of the cars at the time of the attack fell ill. An ambulance crew arriving at the scene diagnosed her with barotrauma. The child was taken to the Regional Children's Clinical Hospital for further examination.

17:45 203mm 2S7 Pion and 152mm 2S3 Acacia SP artillery calculations scovered positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov and Zaporizhzhia regions.

17:21 Ukrainian drone attacked a civilian motorcyclist was shot in the Belgorod region. The civilian died instantly.

16:23 From 08:00 Moscow time to 15:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Leningrad and Kursk regions.

15:49 Buk air defense missile system crews of the Vostok group stopped an attempt by the enemy to strike at rear areas and civilian infrastructure.

During combat duty, anti-aircraft gunners destroyed attack drones and HIMARS rockets.

15:36 In the village of Tavrovo, Belgorod district, a drone attacked a private home - a man was injured, and three houses, a car and a power line were damaged.

In Shebekino, drones attacked a commercial property and an enterprise, injuring a woman and a truck driver, and damaging the building and two vehicles. The drone strike also caused the balcony of one of the apartments to catch fire. Fire crews extinguished the blaze.

In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a man was seriously injured in an FPV drone attack with multiple shrapnel wounds.

A drone strike in Nikolskoye burned a bus, but the driver managed to jump out and was uninjured.

A commercial property, an apartment, and a car were damaged in Belgorod.

14:04 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate the criminal actions of the armed forces of Ukraine against civilians in the Kherson and Belgorod regions, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Donetsk People's Republic

According to government authorities, two women were killed and a man was wounded in drone strikes in the Kherson region. Another civilian was injured when a car hit a mine.

In the Belgorod region, a woman was killed and 12 people were injured as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression.

A Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on Sterlitamak in the Republic of Bashkortostan killed a fire department driver.

In the DPR, four people were injured as a result of attacks by Ukrainian armed forces.

13:31 Over the past 24 hours, as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces one civilian suffered injuries.

A drone strike on a residential area in Velyki Kopani, Aleshkinsky Municipal District, injured a woman born in 1977. She was hospitalized at the Skadovsk Central Regional Hospital.

Drone strikes also damaged a private home in Skadovsk, an abandoned kindergarten in Radens'k, a grocery store in Novaya Mayachka, and a commercial building in Velyka Lepetikha. There were no casualties.

In addition, the enemy shelled Aleshki, Nechaevo, Golaya Pristan, Velikaya Kardashinka, Novaya Zburyevka, Staraia Zburyevka, Gornostaevka, Kairy, Zavodovka, and Dnepryany.

Aleshki, Velikiye Kopani, Kazachiy Lagerya, Kostogryzovo, Krynki, Podlesnoye, Podstepnoye, Radensk, Semenovka, Solontsy, Gladkovka, Kardashinka, Malye Kopani, Staraya Zburyevka, Yantar, Korsunka, and Novye Lagerya were also attacked by drones.

12:35 Northerners prevented the transfer of combat groups of Ukrainian nationalists to the line of combat contact and deprived the enemy of “volunteer vehicles,� video.

11:29 Northern scout sreceived information about the enemy's intentions to transfer an assault group in the direction of the line of combat contact in the Sumy direction.

The Sever Group drone operators have been on the job. The objective monitoring footage clearly shows personnel loading into an American armored personnel carrier and the subsequent strike by our FPV drone directly into the M-113's troop compartment.

As a result of our fire strike, enemy manpower was destroyed, an American armored personnel carrier was hit, and an enemy counterattack attempt on this section of the front was prevented.

11:13 A Ukrainian drone was spotted in the village of Nikolskoye in the Belgorod district attacked a passenger bus.

The vehicle was instantly engulfed in flames. The driver managed to escape.

10:46 In the Rakityansky district, the village of Bobrava three drones struck, one of which was shot down. Two women sustained barotrauma as a result of the drone's attack on the car. Medical assistance was provided and they will be treated on an outpatient basis. The vehicle was damaged.

10:15 Force Group "North" liberated Zybino village in Khar'kov region.

9:29 Just in the Dnieper area "Geranium" inflicted impact, a fire broke out at the scene.

8:55 A strong “arrival� was recorded in Chernihiv at night,video.

8:23 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on April 16 to 7:00 Moscow time on April 17, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 62 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod regions and the Republic of Crimea.

7:06 Posted operational information on the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dobropolsky sector of the Druzhkovka direction.

7:01 220mm Uragan MLRS crews of the 61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Center group disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Dobropillya direction,video.

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