[Vesti] October 18 is the 237th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
6:30 . Dnipropetrovsk region . The Russians hit the northern part of Krivoy Rog.
Nikolaev region . Nikolaev was fired with S-300 missiles. There is a hit in a two-story building. The body of a man was found under the rubble. Light went out in the city after the explosion . During the night, 5 Shahed-136 Iranian drones were destroyed over the region.
8:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region . Alexander Vilkul, the head of the Krivoy Rog VGA, warns about the launch of X-101 missiles from the Volgodonsk region from the TU-95. "Hails" and heavy artillery, the Russians fired at night on the Nikopol district , Mirovskaya and Pokrovskaya communities. The agricultural enterprise and power lines were damaged. There were no casualties.
Zaporozhye region. Explosions are reported. Preliminary - air defense is working.
Kiev region. Report on the work of air defense.
8:15 a.m. Kharkov region. They report about arrivals in Kharkov.
8:30 am . Dnipropetrovsk region. Two arrivals at the energy infrastructure facility in the Dnieper. There is serious damage.
Zhytomyr region. As a result of the explosion in Zhytomyr, electricity was partially lost . Two arrivals to the power supply facility were recorded.
9:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region . As a result of the shelling of the Dnieper, certain areas of the city, Sinelnikovo and Vasilkovka, were left without electricity. One of the pumping stations of Dneprovodkanal has been de-energized. On the left bank of the city interruptions in water supply.
Kiev region. It is reported about explosions and the work of air defense in Brovary.
Kharkov region. Eight missiles were launched in Kharkov from the Russian Belgorod. Initially, there were no casualties.
9:15 a.m. Kiev. Three hits on the power supply facility on the Left Bank.
Zhytomyr region. Zhytomyr and 11 settlements of the region were left without electricity and water.
Kharkov region. Kharkiv metro resumed work. In the morning it was closed for shelter from shelling.
10:00 a.m. Kherson region. The Ukrainian military shot down the Su-25 Russians.
11:00 am . Zaporozhye region. The Russians abducted several employees of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant . According to Energoatom, the Russians detained and took away in an unknown direction the head of the ZNPP information technology service, Oleg Kostyukov, and the assistant to the general director of the plant, Oleg Oshek. There is no information about their location.
11:30 am . Kiev. Due to shelling, two critical infrastructure facilities were damaged due to shelling, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The provision of electricity and water supply services is partially limited in many houses on the left bank of the capital. In some houses, a decrease in pressure in the water supply network, a change in color and transparency of the water, is possible.
12:00 . Kiev. They removed the body of another deceased from under the rubble of a house in the center, which was hit by a Russian kamikaze drone on the morning of October 17. This is the fifth victim.
12:30 pm Kiev. Two people were killed, another 1 was injured as a result of a morning attack on a critical infrastructure facility on the left bank of the capital , the Kiev city prosecutor's office reported.
13:00 . The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian Armed Forces hit "all designated military command and control facilities, Ukrainian energy systems, and arsenals with foreign weapons." Also, the Russian Defense Ministry said that they had destroyed the space communications station of the government communications center of Ukraine in the Odessa region. The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on this information.
14:00 . Sumy region. A total of 14 arrivals were recorded in the Yunokov community. Two people died, one injured. The store and buildings nearby were damaged.
15:00 . Kiev. As a result of the attack on energy facilities, three utility workers were killed .
15:30 . Kiev. Representative of the US Republican Party Victoria Spartz, who was born in the Chernihiv region, arrived in Ukraine.
17:30 NATO has no information about Russia's possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but is closely monitoring the movements of its armed forces, said German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, speaking at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum.
18:00 The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories, is concentrating efforts on deterring the actions of the defense forces in separate directions, but at the same time does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
18:18 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the Russian Federation in the areas of the settlements of Ogurtsovo, Kharkiv region, Belogorovka, Luhansk region, Novokalinovo and Maryinka, Donetsk region.
18:45 Turkey has tested a secret short-range ballistic missile over the Black Sea. Bloomberg writes about this, citing its sources.
19:10 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace urgently flew to the United States to discuss security issues regarding Ukraine. This is reported by the Evening Standard, citing Wallace's deputy James Gippy.
19:29 Further actions in relation to Kherson will depend on the emerging military-tactical situation, it is not easy, difficult decisions cannot be ruled out. This was stated by the commander of the joint group of Russian troops in the area of ​​the "special operation" Surovikin.
19:55 NATO needs to take seriously the risk of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, although it is not high. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
20:20 During the day, the enemy launched nine missile and 10 air strikes, made more than 10 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. Areas of more than 10 settlements fell under the blows of the enemy. The enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles, as well as four Shahed-136 UAVs, three of which were shot down by units of the Defense Forces.
20:45 Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 20 strikes during the day. The defeat of 13 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a strong point, as well as seven positions of enemy anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed. In addition, air defense units shot down five cruise missiles. Warriors of missile troops and artillery hit two command posts, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defense and artillery facilities, two ammunition trains and other military targets of the enemy.
21:10 The President of Croatia opposes the training of the Ukrainian military on the territory of his country.
21:30 During the day, the Air Force shot down 19 kamikaze drones and five attack helicopters of the invaders. According to the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five Ka-52 attack helicopters, 17 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and two Zala Lancets were destroyed.
21:56 "Until the end of the year, we will move forward significantly, these will be significant victories, you will see it soon," - the head of the GUR Budanov.
22:22 Igor Strelkov confirmed that since October 14 he has been at the front as part of the active army of the Russian Federation.
22:50 The death toll in the crash of a military plane in Yeysk has risen to 15. A total of 43 people were injured.
23:10 Iran confirmed plans to transfer additional UAVs and ground-to-ground ballistic missiles to Russia. This is reported by Reuters with reference to two Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats.
23:44 NATO plans to transfer to Kiev the means of combating drones in the coming days, we are talking about hundreds of active jamming stations, the Secretary General of the alliance said.
00:10 Decisions on the nationalization of Russian assets will be made in several stages, said the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia.
00:30 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will talk on the phone with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on Thursday.
01:00 The United States intends to take aggressive measures against the backdrop of reports that Iran allegedly supplies drones to Russia. This was stated by the Deputy head of the press service of the US State Department Vedant Patel. According to a State Department spokesman, the US has "a wide array of measures to disrupt Iranian arms sales." At the same time, Patel did not explain how soon such restrictions can be introduced