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On July 18, Russian invaders shelled the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast with Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, killing a local resident in his own home. This was reported on Facebook by Serhiy Horbunov, head of the Kostiantynivka City Military Administration, according to Ukrinform. "Since the beginning of the day, Kostiantynivka has been under enemy fire... As a result of enemy attacks, civilians have been wounded and killed, and private homes have been destroyed. Unfortunately, the number of victims is growing... The last strike was recorded at around 9:30 a.m. — the city was shelled with a Uragan multiple…

Russian troops attacked the Nizhyn community in Chernihiv region with Shahed-type drones. This was reported by the mayor of Nizhyn, Oleksandr Kodola, according to Ukrinform. “Regarding the latest explosions heard in Nizhyn. At 10:40 a.m., three Shaheds were recorded outside the city, but within the Nizhyn community,” Kodola said. According to him, no information about casualties has been received, and data on the damage is being clarified. Read also: Russian drone attacks civilian in Kherson again As reported, on July 15, Russians dropped explosives in the border village of Novhorod-Siverskyi community in Chernihiv region, injuring a 51-year-old man.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense showed US Special Representative Keith Kellogg some Western-made parts of Russian weapons that Ukrainian military intelligence found in destroyed or captured Russian gear. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. [embedded content] The special exhibition was organized by the War&Sanctions portal of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in cooperation with colleagues from the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise. Kellogg, in particular, demonstrated Western elements of Iranian-Russian Shahed (“Geranium”)…

On July 17, the cyber corps of the Main Intelligence Directorate carried out an attack on the network infrastructure of PJSC Gazprom, which is directly involved in Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine This was reported to Ukrinform by a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate. According to the source, the cyberattack caused significant damage to the network infrastructure of the Russian gas monopoly, including the destruction of a large amount of databases and the installation of special software. According to a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the operation resulted in the disconnection of system…

In Kherson, Russian troops shelled the Central Market and residential areas of the Korabelny district at night. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Kherson Regional Military Administration on Telegram, which released a video showing the aftermath of the shelling. “At night, Russian terrorists once again struck the Central Market. Residential areas of the Korabelny district were under enemy fire,” the report said. According to one of the residents, whose home was damaged by the night shelling, this is the second “attack” they have experienced. She and her sick husband, who has suffered a stroke, cannot leave their home,…

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched 3,459 strikes across Donetsk region, targeting 12 settlements. As a result of the attacks, four civilians were killed and 12 others wounded. This was reported on Facebook by the regional police, according to Ukrinform. "On July 17, police recorded 3,459 enemy attacks. Russian troops shelled 12 settlements," the statement said. The town of Kostiantynivka came under attack by FPV drones, other UAVs, and artillery. Two people were killed, three injured. At least 42 private homes, two apartment buildings, and four non-residential premises were damaged. Pokrovsk was hit by an FPV drone, resulting…

Russian troops attacked the towns of Rodynske and Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region with a drone and air-dropped bombs. One woman was killed and four people were injured. The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. In the morning of July 18, 2025, at 5:30, Russian forces launched a targeted strike with an FPV drone on a volunteer organization’s vehicle involved in the evacuation of civilians from Rodynske. As a result of the drone attack, a 42-year-old volunteer driver and two civilians — a 77-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman — were injured. The victims sustained blast…

The defense startup Helsing is reshaping the future of warfare with artificial intelligence – and Russia's aggression against Ukraine has become a major catalyst. The German defense company Helsing gained widespread attention in the fall of last year after media reports suggested it planned to supply Ukraine with 4,000 so-called "mini-Taurus" drones — AI-guided munitions purported to be miniature versions of the Taurus cruise missile. However, the term used by German newspaper Bild was misleading: Helsing's drones are actually loitering munitions, or "kamikaze drones," similar to the American Switchblade, and not scaled-down replicas of high-precision air-to-ground missiles. Yet this media…

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, held bilateral talks in Kyiv with representatives of the British delegation led by the UK's Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin. Syrskyi reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. "It was once again a great pleasure to welcome in Kyiv Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and a true friend of Ukraine. We held substantive bilateral talks with the British delegation. On the agenda were the operational situation at the front and the urgent needs of Ukraine’s Defense Forces," Syrskyi…

Overnight on July 18, Ukrainian Air Defense Forces destroyed 11 out of 35 Russian drones launched, while six others were lost from radar tracking. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook. "During the night of July 18 (starting at 21:30 on July 17), the enemy launched an attack using 35 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and various types of decoy drones from the areas of Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia. Twenty-nine of them were Shaheds," the report states. The primary targets of the attack were the front-line…