[NewsFrontInfo] 22:39 The RF Armed Forces will ensure the safe exit of the civilian population from the Kherson region, General Surovikin said, noting that the situation in Kherson is dangerous.
22:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian military repelled an attempt by the Ukrainian military to break through the defense in the Bruskinsky area in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian military lost 90 people.
21:32 Ukrainian troops are shelling the suburb of Energodar, about 10 hits were recorded in the areas of thermal power plants and industrial zones - city authorities
20:31 Ukrainian troops fired 15 rockets at Yasinovataya from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, reported representation of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
"Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
May 20 - the settlement of Avdievka - the settlement of Yasinovataya: 15 rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS," the agency said in its Telegram channel.
20:31 Ukrainian troops fired 11 “NATO” caliber 155mm rounds at Donetsk during two attacks,reported representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
“Zafiksirovanoye were recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
- the settlement of Netaylovo - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired.
- the settlement of Orlovka - the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired," the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says.
19:14 Pasechnik said that the checkpoints between the LPR and other subjects of the Russian Federation have been abolished.
19:07 Kirovsky district of Donetsk Abakumov mine settlement directhitto the house. An underage girl was injured and taken away by an ambulance.
In total there were eight arrivals.
19:00 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on October 18, 2022.
18:32 Shelling of Petrovsky district of Donetsk and again the rounds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flew at the homes of civilians.
Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation worked on the spot
18:00 Strong smoke is visible from Donetsk, transmits RIA Novosti correspondent. Approximately, the positions of the Ukrainian armed formations in the Avdievka direction are on fire. A column of smoke is observed from anywhere in the city.
17:50 A "whole armada" of APU drones is observed on the line of contact in the Zaporozhye region, there are more of them than ever - Rogov
17:40 Effects of the day before yesterday shelling of the market on Oktyabrsky in Donetsk.
17:22 Adviser to the head of the DPR Yan Gagin about situations at the front.
The front line has leveled out, the enemy does not leave attempts to attack. The intensity of the fire decreased in the cities of the republics due to strikes on the logistics routes of Ukraine. The APU has difficulty transporting ammo.
Yan Gagin also spoke about the mercenaries who are now fighting on the side of the Kyiv regime. After they began to be killed, many departed to their homeland, and less professional "soldiers of fortune" arrived in their place.
17:03 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Staromikhaylovka:
- st. Lenin, 112 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
17:01 Alexey Kulemzin reports:
According to the information received as a result of the shelling of the village.
-- Staromikhaylovka at 16:20 recorded a direct hit on the house of the private sector. Details are being specified.
16:23 Reports from the Zaporozhye front.
The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery in the area of the city of Zaporozhye hit: the command post of the united group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Dnepr" and the workshop for the repair of radar stations at the enterprise of the research and production complex "Iskra", as well as 56 artillery units on fire positions, manpower and military equipment in 132 districts.
During the day, air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoselovka, Ternove and Energodar of the Zaporozhye region. Reported by Vladimir Rogov.
16:16 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, on October 18, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Kurchatova, 117 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition;
- Marshal Zhukov Ave., 15 - a direct hit in an apartment building with subsequent ignition.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
16:02 According to the JCCC, Kyiv district of Donetsk at 14:30 again came under fire - three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired. As a result, one of the houses of the private sector was damaged - the glazing of the windows was broken, the wall was destroyed.
16:00 Effects of shelling by the armed formations of Ukraine using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS of the village of Novoivanovka.
15:30 Effects of shelling by armed formations of Ukraine with. Novoivanovka (LPR).
As a result of the shelling of N. p. Novoivanovka with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired six missiles of the M31 and M30A1 GMLRS types), two ambulance officers were injured and a service car was damaged, the Novoivanovka branch of the Mountain Lyceum, the post office were damaged, one was destroyed and five residential buildings were damaged.
15:03 Effects of shelling of the Armed Forces of Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The shell hit an apartment building. During the inspection of the shelling site, investigators found fragments, presumably from NATO artillery of 155mm caliber. As a result of the shelling, a man born in 1958 was killed. and a woman born in 1968 was wounded.
Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are engaged in fixing the crime on the spot.
14:46 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Kurchatov, 113 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
14:13 In the Krasnolimansky direction, as a result of inflicting fire damage on the advancing assault groups of 71, 80 and 25 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Stelmahovka and Rozovka of the LPR, Karpovka and Ivanovka of the DPR, attempts to cross the enemy across the Stallion River were thwarted. 46 militants, two armored personnel carriers, six armored vehicles and two pickup trucks with heavy machine guns were destroyed.
In the DPR, three AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar stations, made in the USA, as well as a launcher of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, were destroyed;
Air defense systems shot down 10 Ukrainian UAVs in Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporozhye regions and in the DPR per day. MO RF.
13:52 Updated information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC that a man born in 1953 was injured as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Lepestok" in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
De-energized nine transformer substations, 1110 consumers without power supply.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
13:10 In the Kherson direction, the positions and locations of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade of the Ukrainians were discovered and destroyed.
13:04 Alexey Kulemzin reports:
On st. A man blew himself up on a mine-petal in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
12:59 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression in the village of Nikitovka station (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), 9 transformer substations have been de-energized, 1,110 consumers without electricity. Ivan Prikhodko reported the mayor of Gorlovka.
12:20 Daily summary of the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on October 18, 2022.
12:14 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man was wounded in 1969.
As of 12:00 on October 18, 79 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. three children, on mines PFM "Petal." One of the injured died in the hospital.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
12:12 Effects of shelling of the village of Zaitsevo in Gorlovka.
11:17 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- a woman born in 1998 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Zaitsevo village):
- st. Smolenskaya, 9 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
11:10 AFU shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Tchaikovsky wounded a woman.
11:00 Military pilots of the Russian Federation handed over individual first-aid kits to servicemen of the 2nd Air Corps of the LPR. Video NM DNR.
10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 10/18/2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.
Over the past 24 hours, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 214 rounds of ammunition from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, four civilians were killed and fourteen were injured. Thirty-four housing constructions and seven civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: a self-propelled artillery mount (2S1 Gvozdika 122mm self propelled), three tanks (two T-64BV and T-72M1), six units of armored and automotive vehicles, in three enemy UAVs were shot down in the air.
Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 40 people.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:11 Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation examined shelling in Donetsk, which injured people, including bus passengers, and damaged residential buildings.
10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation on 10/18/2022
Over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 50 personnel;
- one tank;
- four artillery installations;
- three armored personnel carriers;
- two long-term firing points;
- 11 units of special vehicles.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, the armed formations of Ukraine have fired at the settlement. Novoivanovka using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing one missile. Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During October 17, they cleared more than seven hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo and Shpotino.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:44 The head of the administration of Donetsk reports that, according to updated information, a man born in 1957 died as a result of yesterday's shelling of the Armed Forces of Petrovsky district. Also, one civilian was killed in the village of Aleksandrovka (questionnaires are being specified).
08:45 Another replenishment for the Ukrainian troops, performing tasks in the area of Artemovsk and Soledar, arrived in the area of the settlement of Chasov Yar.
Due to critical losses in personnel, the Ukrainian higher command decided to send military personnel from among the mobilized citizens, who arrived at the 169th Desna training center on October 15, to the zone of active hostilities, to gain weapons handling skills. Andrey Marochko, officer of the NM LPR, reports.
08:37 Informationon the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 10/18/2022
08:05 During the day, three people were killed on the territory of the DPR, 14 more were injured.
Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on October 17 to 08:00 on October 18, three people were killed and 14 more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:00 11th Regiment destroys Ukrainian militants in Pervomaisky by all available means
Fighters of the 11th regiment and the battalion "Somalia" continue to carry out a cleansing of the village of Pervomaiskoye. The personnel, equipment and shelters of the enemy are identified with the help of UAVs and then destroyed by artillery and armored vehicles.VideoNM DNR.
06:50 The administrative building, according to preliminary data, was damaged as a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian troops of the village of Novoivanovka, Popasnyansky district, the head of the administration of Pervomaisk said.
06:47 Two ambulance officers, according to preliminary information, were injured during the shelling of Novoivanovka in the Popasnyansky district by the armed forces of Ukraine - the head of the administration of Pervomaisk Sergey Kolyagin.
01:18 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 00.32 a.m. Novoivanovka (Popasnyansky district, LPR) using HIMARS MLRS (one missile).
Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.