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09:15

On Monday morning, April 18, the Russian occupiers launched missile strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region. More than half of the missiles were shot down by PGO forces, but there were civilian casualties. – Valentin Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration

09:25

“The remnants of the Ukrainian army and a large group of civilians are actually surrounded by Russian troops in Mariupol. They continue their fight, but the Russian army has decided to raze the city to the ground at any cost”. – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba

09:35

Russian occupants took up to 5 thousand children from Mariupol – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

10:54

At least 14 people were injured during a missile attack by Russian troops on civilian infrastructure in Lviv During the missile attack on Lviv, at least 14 people were injured, among whom 7 were killed. A child was among the injured. – Head of Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytskyi

11:02

The ports of all European Union countries closed access for Russian ships. – Head of the Office of the President Andrei Yermak

11:45

Russian troops have taken the town of Kremenna in Luhansk Region. It is not possible to evacuate civilians from there now. Russian soldiers are fully responsible for the fate of civilians in that city. Evacuations from other cities in the region continue. – Head of the Luhansk military administration Serhii Gaidai

12:30

Russian soldiers shoot at point-blank range at civilian vehicles attempting to leave the town of Kremenna. As of the morning of April 18, at least four civilians were known dead. – Head of Luhansk regional military administration Serhii Gaidai

13:05

Russian troops deported all medical personnel from the blockaded city of Mariupol. This intensifies the humanitarian disaster in the city, which was destroyed by Russian forces. – Mariupol Mayor’s Advisor Petro Andriuschenko

13:23

A missile strike on Kramatorsk on April 18 destroyed eight residential buildings, and educational and infrastructure facilities. – Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko

13:55

Ukraine categorically rejects the Serbian president’s groundless accusations of involvement in the reports of mines on Serbian airlines’ planes flying to Russia. – Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko

14:25

Russian troops are holding at least 27,000 civilians in filtration camps near Mariupol. – Mariupol Mayor’s Advisor Petro Andriuschenko

15:18

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian aggressors have destroyed more than 200 objects of the cultural heritage of Ukraine. – Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy

15:28

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, rescue workers have pulled 71 dead civilians from the rubble in the Chernihiv region. – Chernihiv Regional State Administration

16:24

Russian troops have shelled the Osnovianskyi and Nemyshlianskyi districts in Kharkiv. 5 people have been killed. In addition, Russian aggressors have used phosphorous munitions in the city of Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region (banned by international conventions). Information about the victims is being clarified. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

17:40

Russian aggressors have used cluster bombs in the city of Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region (banned by international conventions). Local residential buildings have been destroyed. There are no casualties among civilians. – Operational Command “South”

18:22

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian aggressors have destroyed more than 120 educational establishments in the Kyiv region. – Oleksandr Pavliuk, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration

18:55

Russian occupiers have forcibly relocated 13 Ukrainian orphans, children deprived of parental care, from Mariupol to the Russian Federation. – Liudmyla Denisova, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

19:20

Russian troops have shelled the city of Orikhiv and the village of Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region. There is a 14-year-old girl among the victims. – Press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office

20:26

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine (as of April 18), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 2,072 deaths and 2,818 injuries to civilians in Ukraine [conservative estimates, real numbers are likely higher]. – OHCHR

22:02

The Italian Parliament has decided to send Italian weapons to Ukraine. – Mario Draghi, Prime Minister of Italy

22:27

The Security Service of Ukraine has arrested more than 2,500 collaborators with Russian aggressors since the beginning of the war. – Serhii Ionushas, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement

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A soldier from the ‘Da Vinci Wolves’ special unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launches an FPV drone from the Ukrainian positions on the Pokrovsk axis in the Donetsk region. October 2024.

Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade smokes as his fellow soldiers prepare to go on a US-made M113 armoured personnel carrier to the combat mission. Near the frontline city of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region. October 2024.

Photo: Roman Pilipey for AFP Photo

Paramedics from the Hospitallers volunteer medic battalion take care of wounded Ukrainian soldiers on the evacuation bus on the way to the hospital. October 2024.

Photo: Roman Pilipey for AFP Photo

Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region is another Ukrainian city that was turned into ruins due to Russian military aggression.

Photo: Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov

Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region is another Ukrainian city that was turned into ruins due to Russian military aggression.

Photo: Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov

Ukrainian Ada is a UAV operator of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After she drove over an enemy anti-tank mine in September 2024, the woman lost her left leg, while several complex operations are ahead of her to save the shattered heel of her right leg.

Photo: Konstantyn & Vlada Liberov / Superhumans Center

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