Frontline update: 143 clashes reported in the last day

Source: Ukraine’s General Staff

On November 18, Ukrainian forces faced 143 confrontations across the frontline. Russian troops carried out two missile strikes, 77 airstrikes, and over 4,900 artillery bombardments, including 152 from multiple rocket launchers. They also dropped 123 guided bombs.

Ukrainian aviation and artillery responded by striking nine enemy personnel and equipment clusters, a UAV command post, an artillery system, two logistics depots, a “Zhitel” electronic warfare station, and two other critical targets.

On the Kharkiv front, six clashes occurred near Vovchansk. In Kupiansk, nine enemy attacks were repelled around Kruhliakivka and Lozova. The Lyman front saw six assaults near Novoliubivka, Torske, and Bilohorivka. Ukrainian defenders blocked four attacks near Toretsk and Shcherbynivka.

The Pokrovsk front was particularly intense, with 38 enemy assaults repelled at Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Petrykivka, Pustynka, and Novooleksiivka, despite Russian air support. On the Kurakhove front, 30 attacks were thwarted near Berestky, Sontsivka, Voznesenka, Dalne, Yelyzavetivka, Katerynivka, and Antonivka.

In the Vremivka sector, 14 enemy attacks near Trudove, Rozdolne, Makarivka, Rivnopil, and Novodarivka were stopped. Eight clashes occurred in the Dnipro Delta zone, with Ukrainian forces preventing any breakthroughs.

No significant changes were reported on the Siversk, Kramatorsk, Huliaipole, or Orikhiv fronts. In the Volyn and Polissia regions, no signs of enemy assault groups forming were detected.

Ukrainian operations continue in Russia’s Kursk region, where Russian aircraft keep targeting their own territory with 27 airstrikes, dropping 37 KABs. Ukrainian defenders repelled 22 attacks in the area.

On the borders with Chernihiv and Sumy, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducts reconnaissance, and reinforces minefields while continuing artillery strikes on Ukrainian towns. Ukrainian forces hold their ground steadfastly against ongoing aggression.