Photo: Nikolai Trishin/TASS
Since February 24, 2022, the Russian military has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine to denazify and demilitarize the country. The KP.RU website publishes online the latest news about the Russian military special operation in Ukraine on August 18, 2023.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received a large batch of various ammunition, including German DM-22 mines, for the installation of which they intend to use mercenaries from Germany. Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko spoke about this, citing personal sources.
The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed the Dnieper and surrendered to the Russian army due to starvation. The Ukrainian army decided to surrender after three days at the front.
Russian troops prevented an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to carry out a terrorist attack with an aircraft-type drone (UAV) against objects over the territory of the Belgorod region.
Formations of the Dnepr troop group destroyed Ukrainian Acacia self-propelled guns along with ammunition and crew in the Kherson region. Likewise, a D-30 howitzer was destroyed in the insular zone.
Russian troops repulsed an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on tanks and armored vehicles on the outskirts of the town of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region.
The Russian Armed Forces repelled six attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction. Ukrainian forces lost up to 125 servicemen as a result of the actions of Russian troops.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 195 fighters in the Zaporozhye direction. Four Stryker armored personnel carriers were also destroyed.
As a result of the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Skochinsky mine in Donetsk, one person was injured, according to the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are losing up to 12 strongholds in the Krasnolimansky and Kupyansky directions every day.
On August 17, an air alert was announced in all regions of Ukraine for the fourth time. Civil alert sirens went off at around 9:30 p.m. Moscow time.
