This is stated in the morning report of the General Staff for October 18.
“In the region protected by the Tavria group of forces, situated in the Avdiivka area, the enemy continues its attempts to encircle Avdiivka. Ukrainian forces successfully repelled five enemy attacks,” as reported.
In the Kupyansk region, Ukrainian troops thwarted more than 15 Russian attacks near the settlements of Synkivka, Ivanivka, and Kyslivka in the Kharkiv region. Additionally, they defended against nine attacks in the vicinity of Nadiya in the Luhansk region.
Ukrainian defense forces are actively engaged in both defensive and offensive actions, focusing on the eastern and southern regions of the country. In the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions, Ukrainian forces are conducting an offensive. Meanwhile, Russia has launched missiles and airstrikes targeting the civilian population, resulting in casualties and destruction.
Russia carries out airstrikes on populated areas of the Sumy, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson regions. Russia is also shelling about 100 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions with artillery.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol direction and have partial success in the area west of Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia oblast). Ukrainian soldiers inflicted losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, exhausting the enemy all along the front line.
The military aircraft from the Defense Forces conducted 15 airstrikes on the enemy's forces and equipment, and 3 strikes on their anti-aircraft missiles.
Additionally, the missile units of the Defense Forces eliminated five enemy command centers, an area where enemy soldiers, weapons, and equipment were located, a storage facility holding enemy ammunition, and enemy artillery.
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 18.10.23 were approximately:
In the last 24 hours, there were 69 combat clashes. The enemy launched rockets three times and conducted 35 aerial bombings. They also fired on our positions and civilian areas 39 times using jet systems. Additionally, Russia targeted Ukraine with a Kh-59 missile, S-300 missiles, and six Shahed-136/131 drones. Our anti-aircraft defenses successfully intercepted one Kh-59 missile and six Shaheds. These Russian attacks resulted in civilian casualties, as well as damage to private homes and civilian infrastructure.