During the past 24 hours, 72 combat clashes took place between Ukrainian and Russian troops. The Russians lost 19 tanks, 17 armored vehicles, 34 artillery systems and other equipment.
This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Defense Forces repelled attacks in the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Novopavlivka, Orikhiv, and Kherson directions.
Ukrainian aviation also struck six areas where the enemyʼs military, weapons and equipment were concentrated. Units of missile troops hit three areas of troop concentration.
The total approximate losses of the enemy in manpower and equipment are as follows:
- On the night of March 18, the Russian occupiers launched 22 Shahed attack drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region in Russia. Air defense forces destroyed 17 of them within Kyiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, and Rivne regions.