According to Ukrinform, this information is contained in a Facebook post by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regarding the situation as of 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 18.

The enemy carried out 91 airstrikes, dropping 306 guided bombs. In addition, Russian invaders deployed 11,138 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,310 shelling attacks, 50 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

Artillery shelling targeted Korenok, Neskuchne, Bachivsk, Sopych, Ulanove, Buniakyne, Volfyne, Hirky, Rohizne, Kucherivka, and Hutko-Ozhynka in the Sumy region. The Russians carried out an airstrike on the Tovstodubove area.

The Air Force, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck two command posts, two areas where Russian troops were concentrated, two artillery systems, one air defense system, and five drone control centers.

In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian defenders repelled 17 enemy assaults. The Russian Federation’s army carried out three strikes with nine aerial bombs and conducted 64 shelling attacks, including nine from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna direction, Ukrainian units repelled seven enemy attacks. The invaders attempted to advance in the Vovchansk area and toward Bochkove, Lyman, Izbytske, Nesterne, and Volokhivka.

In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy launched five offensive operations toward Radkivka and Petropavlivka.

In the Lyman sector, the invaders attacked twice in the areas of Zarichne and Novoselivka.

In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy carried out 17 assaults in the areas of Riznykivka, Kryva Luka, Zakitne, and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka and Mykolaivka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian troops carried out five offensive operations in the area of Minkivka and toward Yurkivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, 27 enemy attacks were recorded. The invaders carried out assaults in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopilia, Illinivka, Novoselivka, Sofiivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Vilne, Kuchero Yar, and Novopavlivka.

The enemy carried out 34 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction. Russian forces attempted to advance in the areas of Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka, and toward Novyi Donbas, Hannivka, Shevchenko, Bilytske, Novohryshyne, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, Svitle, and Filiya.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, the invaders launched one attack toward Nove Zaporizhzhia.

In the Hulyaypilske sector, Russian troops attacked 11 times, attempting to advance toward Rivne, Vozdvyzhivka, Tsvitkove, Hirkove, and Charivne, as well as in the Zaliznychne area.

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In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defense forces repelled four enemy attempts to advance toward Primorske, Lukyanivske, and in the Plavni area.

One combat engagement occurred in the Dnipro River sector.

In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no signs of the Russian Federation forming offensive groups were detected.

As reported by Ukrinform, the total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine—from February 24, 2022, to August 18, 2026—amount to approximately 1,469,970 personnel.

Photo: AFU General Staff