Russia – Ukraine war updates as of March 18, 2025

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of March 18, 2024.

1,119 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,032 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. March 18, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 1119th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 155 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched 90 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropped 139 KABs, and engaged 2506 kamikaze drones for destruction. The enemy also carried out 5771 artillery shelling, including 145 from multiple launch rocket systems.

The enemy carried out air strikes, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Lyptsi, Martynovka, Pishchane, Shabelne, Doroshivka, Malaya Shapkivka in the Kharkiv region; Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, Leontovychi, Zvirovo, Novoserhiivka, Horikhove, Nadiivka, Oleksiivka, Odradne, Rozliv, Shevchenko, Novopil in the Donetsk region.

Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck eight areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, two command posts, one air defense vehicle, three missile forces and artillery vehicles of the Russian invaders.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy once tried in vain to advance in the Vovchansk area.

In the Kupyansk direction, nine attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions towards the settlements of Petropavlivka, Zagryzove, Kamyanka, Zapadne, Kruglyakivka and Boguslavka.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked ten times. He tried to advance in the areas of Balka Zhuravka, Yampolivka, Novomykhailivka, Novy, Olhivka, Zarechny and Zelena Dolyna.

In the Siversk direction, our troops repelled three enemy attacks in the area of ​​the settlement of Bilogorivka and in the direction of Verkhnyokamyansk.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy launched seven attacks on the positions of our troops in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Stupochok, Predtechyny and Kurdyumivka.

Over the past day, in the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian units 25 times near Toretsk, Dachny, Druzhba, Ozaryanivka, Diliivka and Leonidivka.

Over the past day, in the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 44 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Vodyane Druge, Svyrydonivka, Promyn, Novopavlivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Bohdanivka, Lysivka and Andriivka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 attacks of the invaders in the areas of Oleksiivka, Pryvilny and Konstantinopol, as well as in the direction of Vesele and Rozlyv.

In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces stopped ten enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novosilka and Novopil.

In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled five attacks in the areas of the settlements of Stepove and Lobkove.

In the Prydniprovsky direction, our defenders successfully stopped one enemy attack.

In the Kursk region, over the past day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 18 attacks by the invaders, the enemy also launched 30 air strikes, using 42 KABs, and carried out 301 shelling, nine of which were from MLRS.

In the Volyn and Polesie directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.

In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,560 soldiers.

Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized eight tanks, 20 armored combat vehicles, 42 artillery systems, one MLRS, three air defense systems, 149 operational-tactical level UAVs, 107 units of automotive equipment, and two units of special equipment of the occupiers.

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