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Current information on the situation on the front line on August 18 (updated)

2025-08-19

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:14 Artillerymen from the 49th Army struck a network of fortifications on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

20:27 The Russian Armed Forces have reached the first houses of Konstantinovka. They are also clearing the forest plantations between Stupochki and Belaya Gora, from where the Ukrainian Armed Forces recently withdrew one of the brigades near Pokrovsk –MAP

20:14 Russian control expanded in the Maysky area –MAP

19:48 UAV operators of the Center group of troops destroyed combat vehicles, firing points, command posts and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ensuring the advancement of assault groups in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

FPV drone crews of the Vostok group of forces hit heavy hexacopters and their launch pads in the area of the village of Kamyshevakha in the South Donetsk direction.

FPV drone operators and a crew of the Lancet loitering munition from the Zapad group of forces burned a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, camouflaged in a forest.

Rubicon Center specialists destroyed automobile and armored vehicles, elements of the communication system, fortifications and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

19:00 Crews of T-80BVM tanks of the North group of forces destroyed military equipment and concentrations of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Sumy region.

The fire was adjusted using unmanned aerial vehicles, which also recorded the tank crews' precise hits.

18:23 Operators of the 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the Vrem'evsky direction.

17:20 Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted powerful strikes against the enemy in the DPR

In the area of the settlements of Mirnograd and Ivanpolye, temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units were discovered. The command decided to strike with the use of aviation bombs with a universal planning and correction module at the moment of the greatest concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

In Mirnograd, as a result of a precise hit by a FAB-3000 aerial bomb from an UMPK, a temporary deployment point of the 15th Separate Tank Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine was destroyed.

In Ivanpilya, a strike by several FAB-500s with UMPK systems destroyed temporary deployment points of units of the 100th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

17:09 Crews of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the West Forces Group destroyed enemy armored vehicles and personnel in one of the directions.

15:55 Destruction of PVD 15th defense NGU using FAB-3000 with UMPK in the village of Dimitrov/Mirnograd.

Destruction of the PVD of the 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using FAB-500 with UMPK in the village of Ivanpolye.

14:58 At 14.10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.

14:35 Crew of the 152mm Msta-B gun of the 27th Guards Artillery Regiment destroyed field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovka area.

13:46 Flamethrowers of the "Center" group of troops destroyed fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Krasnoarmeysk.

12:49 Calculation of the Iskander-M OTRK destroyed accumulation of personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of preparation for the launch of an aircraft-type UAV with a missile with a cluster warhead.

12:29 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed 16 vehicles, up to 100 long-range UAVs of the UJ-22 and Palyanitsa type at the launch site, the Ministry of Defense reported.

12:26 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of August 18, 2025

💥Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, two airborne assault, assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Leninskoye, Andreyevka, Alekseyevka, Stepnoye, Varachino, Novaya Sich and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.🔥

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Lesnoye, Tikhoye, Volchansk and Ambarnoye in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 175 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, five cars, two field artillery pieces and an ammunition depot.📍

Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Doroshovka, Kupyansk, Novoosinovo in the Khar'kov region, Petrovskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic, Srednee, Kolodezi and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 250 servicemen, three tanks, including two Leopard tanks made in Germany, seven armored combat vehicles, including three HMMWV armored vehicles made in the USA, two Mastiff armored vehicles made in the UK, 15 vehicles and a self-propelled artillery unit.

A Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, seven electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station, and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved the position along the front line, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Berestok, Pleshcheyevka, Novodmitrovka, Seversk, Nikolaevka, Fedorovka, Kleban-Byk, Konstantinovka and Ivanopolye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 245 troops, four vehicles, three field artillery pieces, including a British-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, and a fuel depot.

Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of three mechanized, airborne assault, assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Dimitrov, Rodinskoye, Grodovka, Novoaleksandrivka, Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic and Filiya of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 415 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, six cars and an artillery piece.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Alekseyevka, Voronoe, Zaporizhzhya, Novopetrovskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Olgovskoye in the Zaporizhzhya region.

The enemy lost up to 235 servicemen, two tanks, six armored combat vehicles, eight cars and four field artillery pieces, including two produced by NATO countries.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Stepovoye, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Tokarevka, Nikolskoye and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

Up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, 11 vehicles, three artillery pieces, four electronic warfare stations, an Israeli-made RADA radar station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

11:15 Servicemen of the "East" military group gave details of liberation of the settlement of Iskra in the DPR.

11:02 At 9.10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of Lipetsk region.

10:52 Russian Defense Ministry publishes footage of defeats of special forces units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using the Geran-2 UAV.

09:43 Calculations of the Geran-2 UAV with precise strikes struck Special forces units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Zhadovo in the Chernihiv region.

08:26 Crews of Ka-52M helicopters of army aviation struck enemy manpower in a wooded area in the area of responsibility of the North troop group.

The attack was carried out using aircraft missiles against reconnoitered enemy targets.

07:30 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in Nikolaevka

Ukrainian Armed Forces have regained some of their positions north of Pokrovsk

Enemy controls the Road👉

Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied Zolotoy Kolodez and Veseloye

07:19 During the past night from 20:00 Moscow time on August 17 to 06:00 Moscow time on August 18, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Eight – over the territory of the Tambov region,▫️
Five – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Two – over the Black Sea,▫️
Two – over the territory of the Belgorod region,▫️
Two – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One – over the territory of the Kursk region,▫️
One – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

05:00 Calculation of 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" of Tula paratroopers destroyed an accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in Sumy region.

After the artillery work, assault groups of "winged infantry" entered the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold and completed the clearing of enemy positions.

Posted by:badanov

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