09:46 Chronicle of strikes and mutual shelling in the special operation zone during the night of April 17-18, 2023
Russian servicemen worked on targets in Iskriskovshchina, 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 Starobelsk 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 Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the positions of the Ukrainian army in Toretsk, Chasovy Yar, Bakhmut, Vasyukovka, Novodmitrovka and Orekhovo-Vasilevka.
In the Donetsk direction, artillery crews of the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Avdeevka, Tonenkoe, Netaylovo, Berdychi and on the western outskirts of Maryinka.
The enemy, in turn, fired at Donetsk.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian servicemen worked on targets in Shakhtyorsky, Zolotoy Niva, Vremyevka and Vugledar.
In the Zaporizhzhia 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, Zolotaya 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 reports 7 facts of firing from the AFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155 and 122 mm artillery, firing 35 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the AFU were: Gorlovka, Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, 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 fired from barrel artillery:
according to settlement Salt lickers fired 6 shells;
according to settlement The Dnieper fired 4 shells;
5 shells were fired at Staraya Zburyevka;
7 shells were fired at the settlement of Naked Pristan;
according to settlement Aleshki fired 6 shells;
according to settlement Krynki fired 8 shells;
according to settlement Kardashinka fired 4 rounds;
Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction 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 shells‼ 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 152 mm. howitzer 2S3 “Acacia” with ammunition loss of 5 dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
3. Yesterday, 122 mm was destroyed by artillery fire in the area of the settlement of Ponyatovka. SAU 2S1 “Gvozdika” with ammunition, the loss of 5 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.
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