To News and Stories

AllNews

Timeline of war
April 18 Logo
07:30

Total combat losses of Russian aggressors in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 18 April 2024 (approximation): 456960 troops; 7196 tanks; 13835 armored vehicles; 11637 artillery systems; 1046 MLRS; 760 anti-aircraft warfare systems; 347 aircraft; 325 helicopters; 15618 military auto vehicles and fuel tanks; 26 military boats; 1 submarine; 9284 tactical UAVs; 1915 special military equipment; 2093 cruise missiles. – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

09:11

At night on April 18, Ukrainian defenders shot down 13 out of 13 Shahed-136/131 drones used by Russian troops to attack the Kherson, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Khmelnytskyi regions. – Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

11:15

In the last 24 hours, Russian troops attacked the Poltava, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions. At least one citizen was killed, and 22 more were injured. – Information from Regional Military Administrations

13:05

Over the past eight months, about 40 million tons of cargo, including 26 million tons of Ukrainian grain, were exported through the Ukrainian sea corridor established after Russia withdrew from the Grain Initiative in July 2023. – Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine

17:15

Denmark became the first country to announce the purchase of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Ukrainian manufacturers, allocating 200 million Danish kroner for this initiative. These funds will be provided as part of the new aid package for Ukraine worth approximately 2,2 billion Danish kroner. – Official website of the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine

War News

See the war

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

DISCOVER
how Ukraine lived before the war Explore peaceful Ukraine