21:35 Battle of Chasov Yar.
Ongoing fighting in the area of the railway along the forest area located south of Kalinovka. Today, our UAV operators discovered the enemy’s advanced positions in the above zone, they carried out airdrops on them, which resulted in the destruction of manpower.
In the area of the Kanal quarter, units of the 98th Airborne Division are also continuing battles to “smoke out” the enemy from residential buildings. The positions used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to accumulate manpower in this area have been identified (including through monitoring of the enemy’s social networks), and fire strikes are being carried out on them. The paratroopers also captured two Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, which was already announced in the Airborne Forces telegram channels.
Behind the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, the enemy continues to prepare the city for defensive actions. Rumors allegedly about the impending surrender of the city are invalid.
20:15 Telegram channel "Fisherman":
Slobozhansky direction: fierce battles along the entire width of the front.
Ukrainian formations are trying to recapture lost territories in several areas at once and slow down the advance of Russian troops.
In Glubokoe, the enemy is continuously attacking the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, operating from the Lira-1 gardening partnership in armored vehicles. According to some reports, members of Ukrainian formations periodically approach Polevaya Street, to the south of which there are no longer any residential buildings or buildings. The farmland zone and rural cemetery adjacent directly to the SNT constitute a “gray zone” that is being shelled by artillery.
Local clashes also continue in the Zeleny area. Units of the Russian Armed Forces are actively striking enemy fortified areas located around Neskuchny.
And to the west of Volchansk, Ukrainian formations are accumulating reserves in the Great Forest reserve in the Izbitsky area, without attempting to advance yet. A similar situation is observed in the forest area near the village of Gatishche.
At the same time, a difficult situation remains in Volchansk; recently the Ukrainian Armed Forces have increased the frequency of use of high-precision American JDAM-ER bombs. Despite the airstrikes, Russian units established a foothold in several production buildings on the site of the aggregate plant. The enemy is holding positions in the area of high-rise buildings on Korolenko, Gogol and Kolokoltsov streets.
The situation has become clearer in the Tikhoy region, which is currently under complete enemy control. According to data from the field, Russian units did not enter the territory of the village, but the Russian Aerospace Forces are carrying out airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian formations. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are accumulating equipment in this area for further transfer to Volchansk and strengthening the defense.
19:31 The crew of the Tor-M2 air defense system of the Center group of troops repelled an air attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdiivka direction -video.
18:43 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 18, 2024) -video.
17:14 Special military operation. Situation on June 18 –map.
16:50 Khar'kov and Khar'kov region.
New blows of our aviation bombs FAB-500 and KAB-500 with UPMK on military buildings and structures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the offensive actions of our attack aircraft.
16:28 Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), Novgorodskoye (New York).
Since last nightstartedthe most powerful processing of fortifications, positions, firing points, warehouses (amplifiers, fuel and lubricants), headquarters, and the entire military potential of the enemy in a given area.
15:15 Advance by RF Armed Forces in the area of Sokol and Arkhangelsk. The flanks of the protrusion stretching towards Novoaleksandrovka are being secured for further attacks in the direction of Vozdvizhenka and the Konstantinovka-Krasnoarmeysk highway, which is one of the main logistics arteries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the occupied territory of Western Donbass.
14:40 South Donetsk direction. District settlement Krasnogorovka.
Reported about the new successful use of our Lancet loitering ammunition against enemy armored vehicles. It is reported that an enemy BMP-1 Ukrainian Armed Forces BMP and a Turkish-made armored vehicle, Kirpi, have been hit.
14:05 Around 13.30 Moscow time suppressed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Duty air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.
13:35 Around 12.50 Moscow time suppressed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:39 The crew of the Fagot ATGM of the West group of forces delivers a precise strike on the American M113 armored personnel carrier and the stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
11:47 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the “South” group -video.
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, as a result of active actions, improved the situation along the front line, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 93rd Mechanized, 79th Air Assault, 46th Airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Katerynivka, Aleksandro-Shultino and Gornyak.
The enemy lost up to 535 troops, two armored personnel carriers, three pickup trucks, and two ammunition depots.
During the counterbattery fight, two 155mm M777 howitzers, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 122mm D-30 gun were destroyed, and 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.
10:55 Avdeevskoe direction. District settlement Ocheretino. Northern borders.
Early in the morning at enemy locationsworkedour front-line and tactical aviation, using NURs and FABs. The enemy is trying to use smoke screens to cover their positions and make it possible to retreat another kilometer back into their positions. Our attack aircraft are gradually advancing under the cover of T-80BVM tanks.
10:21 Summary on the morning of June 18, 2024.
In the Khar'kov direction, the enemy counterattacks north of the settlement Liptsy our positions in the village. Glubokoe is increasing the frequency of attacks and the use of precision bombs in Volchansk. The Russian Armed Forces respond to TOS and FAB with UMPC. The enemy is gradually increasing efforts in all directions and throwing first-echelon units into battle. Heavy fighting is going on. According to troops on the ground, the enemy is preparing to bring the main forces into battle.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Army attacks at Sin'kovka, west of Ivanovka and Kotlyarovka. They report progress west of Khrakhmalny towards Peschany.
In Chasov Yar, the assault on the Vostochny microdistrict continues. The task of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is to contain the advance of our troops in order to prepare the main defensive positions behind the Seversky Donets - Donbass water canal, to the west of which the main part of the city is located. There are battles in the ruins of Kleshcheevka.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the assault on Krasnohorivka continues, the enemy is using drones to attack our positions.
In the Vrem'evsky direction, the enemy counterattacks in the Staromayosky area, but cannot achieve success and is destroyed in oncoming battles. Earlier it was reported that the Russian Armed Forces had taken control of this village.
No data on changes in LBS were reported from the Zaporozhye Front during the day. At the same time, it is reported about a huge number of FPV drones deployed by the enemy in the direction. Considering that kamikaze UAVs were already causing many problems for our troops, the information indicates that the enemy is expanding its effective practice. Our troops also carry out strikes with these types of weapons, often making their own drones in field laboratories.
In the Kherson direction there are battles in the island zone, clashes against Krynoki and Kazachi Lagery. Our scouts are fighting courageously in extremely difficult conditions in the floodplain of the river. Dnieper.
At night, the enemy attacked the port of Azov in the Rostov region; as a result of the explosions of a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV, tanks with oil products caught fire.
In the Belgorod region, as a result of an attack by an Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV on Mokraya Orlovka in the Grayvoronsky city, a private residential building caught fire; a woman with a mine-explosive injury and shrapnel wounds to her legs was taken to the regional central district hospital.
A KamAZ truck and two combine harvesters near the village of Golovchino, Grayvoronsky urban district, were attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using an FPV drone. The village of Gora-Podol, Grayvoronsky urban district, came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three civilians were injured.
In the village of Kozinka, as a result of the release of an explosive device, smoke appeared on the roof of an apartment building. In the village of Glotovo, four cars were also damaged after an explosive device was dropped. The governor announced the installation of more than 100 street shelters in border areas.
In the Kursk region, Gornal of the Sudzhansky district, Gordeevka, Troitskoye, Uspenovka and Viktorovka of the Korenevsky district, Tyotkino, Kulbaki and Elizavetovka of the Glushkovsky district were repeatedly shelled.
In the village of Troitskoye, a residential building was destroyed by an explosion. Drone attacks were recorded near the villages of Uspenovka and Viktorovka in the Korenevsky district, the village of Krasnooktyabrsky in the Glushkovsky district, and the village of Begoshcha in the Rylsky district. Electronic warfare equipment in the border areas suppressed 12 Ukrainian drones.
In the DPR, the enemy fired at Donetsk from 155mm artillery with US-made M-864 rounds with a cluster warhead (M-42 cumulative and M-46 fragmentation submunitions). Four civilians were wounded: women born in 1961, 1973 and 1984, a man born in 1963.
09:55 An army aviation crew on a Ka-52M helicopter carried out an attack with unguided aircraft missiles on camouflaged enemy equipment and manpower in the area of responsibility of the North group of troops.
Commander of the Ka-52M reconnaissance and attack helicopter told about the details of the combat flight.
09:23 Electronic warfare units of the Vostok group of troops are effective oppose radio-electronic means of control, communication and reconnaissance systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction.
In addition to compact devices, such as anti-drone guns, large devices and special equipment based on an armored personnel carrier chassis with installed jammers are also used.
Such special combat vehicles travel to the line of combat contact and cover our positions, in particular from enemy kamikaze drones. The suppression station is also effective against reconnaissance drones, including aircraft-type ones.
“The detection radius is up to two kilometers. After which a decision is made to activate suppression means and the enemy’s means are suppressed. They behave differently. Some can fly back to the operator, land, fall, and explode in the air,” said the commander of the electronic warfare unit with the call sign “Miner.”
08:51 Telegram channel “WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 06/18/2024
- Zaporozhye Front. There is an exchange of blows using long-range weapons. In the Rabotino area and north-west of Verbovoy LBS there are no significant changes.
– Donetsk front. The Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, are attacking the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the approaches to Konstantinovka; Russian troops have not yet entered the settlement itself. The situation is similar in Maksilovka, where Russian troops are hitting Ukrainian positions in a populated area, preparing the ground for further assault operations.
Fierce fighting continues in Krasnogorovka, but despite the stubborn resistance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russian troops are slowly advancing within the city limits. Encounter fighting continues in Nevelskoye. In the Karlovka area, there have been no significant changes over the past 24 hours; fighting continues on the outskirts. There are regular advances by the Russian Armed Forces in Yasnobrodovka. In Sokol, Russian troops also have tactical successes, but they are very difficult, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up fierce resistance.
– Chasovoyarsk direction. No major changes to the LBS. Russian troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, continue their assault on the eastern outskirts of Chashi Yar. Fierce fighting continues in the area of ??Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka.
- Khar'kov Front. Here, the Armed Forces of Ukraine make daily attempts to regain lost positions, bringing reserves into battle, and at the same time accumulating new forces to create a strike force. Heavy fighting continues in the central part of Volchansk and in the Glubokoye area. LBS without significant changes.
08:00 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
A total of 15 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Four civilians were reported injured.
Damaged:
One residential building,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 33 units of various ammunition.