Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 14:57 On Saturday, January 18, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched new strikes on Russian facilities in the occupied part of Ukraine: Nebo-SVU, 9S32M and Buk-M3 systems were attacked. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:39 The St. Andrew's Cathedral of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate in Zaporozhye was damaged by a blast wave as a result of a morning attack by Russian troops on the morning of January 18.
13:24 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the shelling of Kiev and Zaporizhia on the morning of January 18 and called for pressure on the Russian Federation and those who help it.
12:56 Paratroopers shot down a Russian "motorized vehicle" with a grenade launcher and captured occupiers in the Volchansk direction. This was reported by the Airborne Assault Troops.
12:29 A preliminary report of a fourth death in Kiev as a result of the January 18 attack should not be taken into account, said Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
11:58 Special operations forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a Russian oil depot in the Kaluga region, causing a fire. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
11:31 On the morning of January 18, the SBU conducted searches at the home of Max Nazarov (real name - Nazar Diorditsa), the former host of channels owned by oligarchs Viktor Medvedchuk and Yevgeny Murayev.
10:57 The Donald Trump administration may abandon key points of Joe Biden's foreign policy, in particular on the Middle East and Ukraine. Such concerns were expressed by the current US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
10:27 The director of a department of one of the largest banks in Ukraine has been detained in Kiev for financing the Russian army. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.
9:58 Ukrainian defenders destroyed two of the four ballistic missiles launched by Russia on the night of January 18, as well as 24 of 39 UAVs, the Air Force reported.
9:42 Serious damage to Kiev has occurred despite the downing of ballistics during Russia's attack on Friday, January 18. The reason for this is that the missile fragments do not disappear by themselves, said Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the Air Force Command.
8:43 Russian invaders are making every effort to encircle Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. The occupiers are trying to get closer to the approaches to the city. This is reported by Khortitsky Veter.
8:24 The number of victims after the Russian attack on Krivoy Rog on January 17 has increased. Currently, five people are known to have died. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
7:58 Powerful explosions thundered in Kiev amid a ballistic threat on the morning of January 18. Photos of the aftermath of this attack have been published online. This is stated in a statement by the State Emergency Service of Kiev.
7:45 The number of casualties as a result of the enemy strike on Zaporizhia has grown to six people on Saturday morning, January 18. As a result of the attack, residential buildings, an administrative building and private transport were damaged.
7:26 The number of people killed in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kiev as a result of the enemy's missile strike on Saturday, January 18, has risen to four. This was reported by the head of the KGVA, Timur Tkachenko.
06:15 Russians fired ballistic missiles at Kiev and the Dnieper this morning. At least one fatality was reported in the capital. City authorities said a fire broke out in an uninhabited building in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
02:25 Drones attacked two oil depots in Russia - in the city of Lyudinovo in the Kaluga region and the Rosrezerv oil depot in the city of Uzlovaya in the Tula region. There were also reports of strikes on an enterprise in the area of the Dedilovo station near Uzlovaya. Large fires occurred at all the affected facilities.
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Oil refineries routinely shut down as they are now. When you listen to the Ukrainian Daily Mail, Massive lies are presented. It was a significant attack, but all US missiles and most drones were shot down—with minor damage.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian military bravely repel enemy attacks.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are directing their efforts to disrupt the offensive plans of the Russian aggressor and destroying its personnel and equipment.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information on the Russian invasion as of 16:00 on Saturday, January 18.
"The situation on the combat line remains difficult. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are directing their efforts to disrupt the offensive plans of the Russian aggressor and destroying its personnel and equipment. In total, 89 combat clashes have already occurred since the beginning of the day. Most of the fighting has been recorded in the Pokrovsk direction," the statement says.
The communities of the settlements of Timofeevka in the Kharkiv region; Zhelezny Most in the Chernihiv region; Popovka, Sosnovka and Progress in the Sumy region suffered from enemy artillery and mortar fire.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our troops in the Volchansk area five times.
In the Kupyansk direction - four, in the areas of Petropavlovka, Lozovaya and Peschanoye. Glushkovka received a KAB strike.
In the Liman direction, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions nine times near the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Pervomayskoye, Kopanki, Novoegorovka, Novosadovo, Novolyubovka and Zarechnoye. Four clashes are ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked four times in the areas of Chasovy Yar and Stupochki, and dropped two KABs on Markov.
In the Toretsk direction, 16 enemy attacks occurred in the areas of Toretsk, Krymskoye and Shcherbinovka, 10 attacks were repelled, the fighting continues.
"In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 32 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Elizavetovka, Luch, Lisovka, Zelenoe, Shevchenko, Uspenovka, Slavyanka, Andreyevka, Dachnoye, Ulakli and Yantarnoye." They are holding back the onslaught and repelling 28 enemy attacks, four combat clashes are still ongoing," the General Staff reports.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Russians attacked 12 times near Velikaya Novosyolka, the fighting continues. The enemy dropped KABs on Adradnoye, Razliv, Vesyoloye and Temirovka.
In the Orekhov direction, the occupation forces carried out one assault on the positions of our troops in the Novodanilovka area.
The enemy also unsuccessfully attempted to storm the positions of our defenders in the Dnieper direction.
"The operation in Kursk region continues. Ukrainian soldiers repelled five attacks by the invading forces today, and three combat clashes are currently ongoing. The enemy launched 224 artillery strikes, including four from multiple launch rocket systems," the report continues.
Let us recall that during the assaults, fighters from the 12th Azov special forces brigade captured 23 Russian army soldiers in the Toretsk direction.
It was reported that Ukrainian military personnel in the Kursk region captured 13 Russian army soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] This morning, in response to the fire of U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles on civilian infrastructure in Belgorod region, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a group high-precision strike against the Ukrainian defence industry facilities, including the Luch design bureau, which is designing and manufacturing Neptune long-range guided missiles and Olkha MLRS rockets. All objectives achieved, targets engaged.
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of a motorised infantry brigade and a national guard brigades close to Volchansk and Glubokoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU lost up to 30 men, two motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units hit manpower and hardware of two airmobile brigades and an air assault regiment of the AFU close to Lozovaya and Zagryzovo (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 470 troops, a tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and eight field artillery guns, including two manufactured by NATO states. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
The Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical position. Russian troops hit formations of three mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, and an assault brigade of the AFU near Seversk, Novodmitrovka, Chasov Yar, Dachnoye, and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The AFU losses amounted to more then 245 troops and four motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
As a result of the successful offensive, the Tsentr Group of Forces units liberated Petropavlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian forces engaged manpower and materiel of seven mechanised brigades of the AFU near Petrovka, Dzerzhinsk, Solenoye, Petropavlovka, Peschanoye, Novovasilyevka, and Slavyanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up up to 585 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued advancing to the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated Vremevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian units hit a mechanised brigade and an air assault brigade near Konstantinopol and Velikaya Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 135 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and five foreign-made field artillery guns. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged the manpower and hardware of the two naval infantry brigades close to Antonovka and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).
The enemy lost up to 65 troops, eight motor vehicles, a field artillery gun, and a Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, the production and assembly plant of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 156 areas.
Air defence units shot down 83 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,726 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,658 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,764 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,459 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces engaged formations of one tank brigade, a heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Guyevo, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. One AFU counter-attack was repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware near Viktorovka, Zaoleshenka, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Loknya, Martynovka, Melovoy, Nikolsky as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, and Miropolye in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to over 210 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, an artillery gun, two mortars, an ammunition depot, and a UAV command post.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 52,660 troops, 304 tanks, 231 infantry fighting vehicles, 174 armoured personnel carriers, 1,567 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,502 motor vehicles, 372 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 93 EW stations, 14 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 30 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, eight armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 01/18/2025 to 00:00 01/19/2025.
18 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were reports of three civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 18 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 56 units of various ammunition were fired.
19:26 On frames: destruction of a T-64 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FPV drones in the area of the village of Kamenka.
The fighters were from the Western Group of the Russian Armed Forces.
18:42 Drone drivers stop another rotation of the enemy
An FPV drone operator from the North group of forces hit an enemy armored fighting vehicle in the Khar'kov region.
18:34 RF Armed Forces took under full control of Petropavlovka in the Kurakhovo area
Units of the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "South" Forces Group continue to conduct an active offensive. The result of their competent work was the capture of Petropavlovka and several field nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at a distance of just over one km from Andreyevka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command is trying with all its might to maintain control over the Andreevka-Konstantinopol-Ulakly agglomeration in order not to lose the ability to deliver ammunition to its positions in the Kurakhovsky fire pocket and maintain a presence in the western part of the DPR.
In fact, after the loss of Andreevka, and then Alekseevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will no longer have any infrastructure to consolidate their positions in this direction, up to Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region. For this purpose, the Ukrainian Armed Forces introduced reserves to the forest plantations northeast of Tolbukhin Street near Andreevka and occupied the nearest strongholds, mirroring our breakthrough near Petropavlovka.
Russian troops have an advantage here. Unlike the VSAS, the RF Armed Forces units are moving along the dominant heights on the northern outskirts of Andreyevka.
17:49 The enemy's "Bucephalus" could not withstand the encounter with the "Lancet"
Servicemen of the North group of forces destroyed an enemy BTR-4 Bucephalus armored personnel carrier in Sumy Oblast using a loitering munition – video.
16:07 Danish pilot, F-16 fighter operating instructor Jepp Hansen was killed during a missile strike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces training center in Krivoy Rog, TASS reported.reported in the security forces. This is confirmed by friends and relatives on social networks.
15:31 Russian military are moving to Velikaya Novosyolka from several directions
From the north, in the area of Novy Komar, the Russian Armed Forces expanded the territory of control, which allowed them to begin moving down - in the direction of the fighters of the "Vostok" group of forces (they are entering from the side of Vrem'evka). Russian units are also working from the southwest.
The enemy, realizing that operational encirclement awaits him, begins to withdraw equipment along the Mokrye Yaly River. Probably, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have much time left before the "bottleneck" is completely closed. The elite units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were unable to correct the situation in this direction.
We are expecting the storming of Velikaya Novosyolka to begin in the near future.
15:15 Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Chasovoy Yar –MAP.
13:17 The stronghold east of Andreevka is not under our control. The situation has changed. Presumably, before advancing on Andreevka, we need to eliminate the salient northwest of Shevchenko, from which the enemy counterattacked Shevchenko –MAP.
13:03 Russian Ministry of Defense:
Fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue crumble under the onslaught of our fighters
Assault units of the "Vostok" military group liberated the settlement of Vremevka in the DPR.
Far Eastern soldiers cleared about 600 buildings and structures of the enemy in Vremevka, destroying a prepared fortified area of units of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The national flag of the Russian Federation is installed on one of the buildings on Partizanskaya Street.
The key to the confident advancement of the units of the Vostok military group in the Neskuchnoye and Vrem'evka agglomeration was competent management, dedication, coordinated and well-coordinated work of assault groups, artillery crews, FPV drones, and unmanned aircraft.
12:48 Russian Armed Forces captured a stronghold south of Petropavlovka –MAP.
11:45 Russian Ministry of Defense:
Courageous actions of the Russian fighterbroughtto liquidate the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine In the vicinity of the settlement of Glubokoe in the Khar'kov region, scouts of the North group of forces identified an assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, after disembarking from an armored vehicle, took refuge in the cellar of one of the houses.
In the immediate vicinity of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were three servicemen of the 11th Army Corps of the North group of forces. Having waited for the right moment, one of the servicemen quietly approached the house, threw a backpack with anti-tank mines into the basement and blew up the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:28 During reconnaissance operations, the Blue Bird was discovered by UAVs. Thanks to the professionalism of the UAV operators, it was possible to track the landing site, after which the Gods of War artillery destroyed the enemy –MAP
11:12 About 300 meters left until the complete blocking of Ukrainian forces in Velyka (Bolshaya) Novosyolka in the south of the DPR
09:56 Russian Ministry of Defense:
Calculation of FPV drones of the Rubicon center destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle.
09:29 The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
After disembarking from an armored vehicle, the militants took cover in the cellar of one of the houses. The Russian military, having waited for the right moment, managed to throw a backpack with anti-tank mines into the basement. A powerful explosion turned the shelter into a smoking crater –video.
08:38 Iskanders landed in Kyiv in the middle of the night. Authorities confirmed fires as a result of the landings in several areas of the city. Problems with electricity and water are reported –MAP.
08:34 The Russian Armed Forces liberated Vrem'eyevka and advanced into Chasovy Yar –MAP
07:59 Russian troops entered in the village of Udachnoye in the western part of the DPR, which is located several kilometers from the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, fighting began for its liberation.
07:31 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 46 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: 18 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region, 11 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, seven UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region, five UAVs over the territory of the Tula region, three UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region, and two UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region.
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[Regnum] In the village of Russkoye Porechnoye, Sudzhansky District, Kursk Region, the remains of seven civilians were discovered by Russian military. They were found in two basements of houses. This was reported by Russian security agencies.
In the video footage, which is at the disposal of TASS, one of the deceased had a head wound, another body was badly damaged by the explosion. The nature of the injuries of the remaining deceased cannot be determined.
According to Readovka, militants in Russkoye Porechny tortured and killed old people in basements.
The fighters of the 352nd MRR, who liberated the village, found the mutilated bodies of old men with their hands tied, bruises and bullet wounds. The Ukrainian Armed Forces pulled hats over their heads, shot them in the legs and left them to die.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian troops in the Kursk region are advancing in all directions. At the same time, the Ukrainian army, despite the transfer of additional reserves, is suffering significant losses and is retreating.
Russian units have already liberated 63.2% (801 sq. km) of the territory of the Kursk region initially occupied by the enemy (1,268 sq. km). In two weeks of January, the Russian Armed Forces liberated four settlements in this region: Alexandria, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye and Kruglenkoye.
On January 13, The New York Times reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces acknowledged that their attempts to counterattack in the Kursk region had failed. The publication noted that Russian forces had largely prevented an attack on the region.
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[Regnum] NATO warships have begun patrolling the Baltic Sea as part of the Baltic Sentinel mission, the stated goal of which is to “increase NATO’s awareness” of the situation in the Baltic, ERR reported on Saturday, January 18.
Representatives of the navies of Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are taking part in the mission, the authors noted.
"NATO warships have begun patrolling the Baltic Sea as part of Operation Baltic Sentinel. Some of the ships have anchored in Tallinn's Mine Harbor," the statement said.
The mission also includes a helicopter and a sonar vessel, the authors noted. If necessary, the group "may use force," the report also said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 13 it became known that an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea connecting Sweden, Lithuania, Germany and Finland had been damaged. Swedish authorities linked the emergency to the actions of a Chinese vessel anchored in the area. A version was put forward that the ship's captain had been recruited by Russian special services.
Earlier, three more similar incidents occurred in the Baltic. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that he would urgently consider the issue of deploying a military patrol mission in the Baltic Sea to protect infrastructure facilities. Two NATO ships entered the Gulf of Finland on January 15. It was assumed that a total of 10 ships would be sent.
NATO countries have used the incident involving damage to submarine cables in the Baltic Sea as a pretext to increase their military presence in the strategic region and to combat Russian oil exports, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov noted that accusations of Russia's involvement in damaging cables in the Baltic Sea are groundless and absurd. He emphasized that such statements are ridiculous against the backdrop of the lack of reaction to Ukraine's subversive activities in this water area.
A Russian F1 grenade intended for dropping by a Mavic drone has both a printed stabilizer, and a printed cross to hold the UZRG-M fuze handle in place until impact. The thin cross then breaks, releasing the handle.
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