The situation on the front: since the beginning of the day, 116 combat clashes have been recorded

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The situation on the front: since the beginning of the day, 116 combat clashes have been recorded
The situation on the front: since the beginning of the day, 116 combat clashes have been recorded

In total, since the beginning of this day, 116 combat engagements have taken place.

This is reported by the General Staff as of 22:00.

In the Northern Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled three assault actions of the occupiers since the beginning of the day, with two more engagements ongoing. In addition, the enemy launched 10 air strikes, dropping 28 guided bombs, and also carried out 132 shellings of our troops’ positions and settlements, five of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked our units’ positions eight times near the settlements of Odradne, Kamyanka, and Bolohivka.

In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor conducted offensive actions in the area of the settlement of Stepova Novoselivka, Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, and towards Pishchane. Ukrainian soldiers repelled six of the eight attacks, with two more engagements ongoing.

In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders twice attacked the positions of the Defence Forces near the settlements of Novyi Mir and Zarichne.

Ukrainian defenders repelled seven enemy assaults in the Slovyansk direction – the occupiers tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Yampil, Dronivka, and Vyimka. One combat engagement is ongoing.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy twice unsuccessfully tried to break through our defenders’ defence in the area of the settlement of Orikhovo-Vasylivka.

In the Kostyantynivka direction, Russians went on the offensive nine times on the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Shcherbinivka, Pleshchiyivka, and Rusyn Yar, and Ukrainian defenders repelled all enemy attacks.

In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers tried 39 times to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units. The enemy tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Myroliubivka, Novoeconomichne, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and Kotlyarivka. In five locations, battles still continue.

According to preliminary data, 83 occupiers were neutralized in this direction today, 50 of them – irreversibly. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed an artillery system, ten UAVs, a control antenna, and a UAV control point; in addition, seven shelters for personnel and two UAV control points of the enemy were hit.

In the Oleksandrivka direction, the aggressor tried 15 times to break through our defenders’ defence in the areas of the settlements of Sosnivka, Vorone, Novomykolaivka, Novohryhorivka, and Malynivka.

In the Huliaipole direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.

In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked twice in the area of the settlement of Stepove.

In the Prydniprovske direction, the enemy unsuccessfully attempted three times to approach our defenders’ positions towards the Antonivskyi bridge.

No significant changes occurred in the remaining directions.

Date and time 18 October 2025 г., 22:31     Views Views: 1897