The Russian army continues its offensive, and the Ukrainian military has destroyed 1,010 Russian invaders in the last day.
This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff as of the morning of February 18.
The main efforts of the Russian army are focused on the offensive in the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk directions.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian military repelled attacks by Russians in the areas of Hryanikyvka and Synkivka settlements of the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Chervonopivka and Kreminna — in the Luhansk region, Vyimka, Fedorivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Rozdolivka, Paraskoviivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Chasiv Yar, Vesele, Vodyane, Maryinka, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka and Vugledar in the Donetsk region.
As for the losses of the Russian army, during the day of February 17, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,010 invaders, 5 tanks, 13 armored vehicles and 9 units of automotive equipment.
- On February 13, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that a new major Russian offensive in Ukraine has already begun, so the Alliance should urgently provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons before the Russian Federation seizes the initiative on the battlefield.
- The intelligence of the NATO countries said that Russia is losing at least two thousand soldiers, trying to conquer every 100 meters of territory in the east of Ukraine.