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Russo-Ukraine War - 18 March 2025 - Day 1119

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in total, 120 combat clashes have taken place since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively interrupt the attempts of the Russian enemy to advance into the depths of Ukrainian territory, giving him a fiery impression.

Russian invaders launched one missile strike using three missiles and 43 air strikes using 54 air strikes. In addition, 755 kamikaze drones were involved for an impact and carried out about 4200 shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian opponent attacked the positions of Ukrainian units near vovchans Наk and towards small shapkívka. The Defense Forces successfully repelled 10 attempts of the opponent to advance. Cossack Lopan suffered an air strike.
In the Kupians вогоkomu direction, Russian forces carried out 5 offensive actions near Petropavlivka and Zagrizovoye. Ukrainian units stopped all attacks of the enemy.
In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders 12 times stormed the positions of Defense Forces near Yampolivka, Nadia and in the direction of Green Valley and New.
In the Sívers Наkomu direction, the Russian opponent twice stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the area of the settlement of Verkhnyokamianske.
Since the beginning of the day in the Kramators вавkomu direction, Russian forces attacked in the areas of Chasovoye Yar, Kurdyumivka, Predtečinyogo and Orihovo-Vasilivka, five attempts by Russians to suppress Ukrainian defenders from occupied positions were unsuccessful, there is still one confrontation in progress.
On the Torets комуkomu direction today, 21 encounters occurred. Russian forces stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Ozaryanivka, Friendship, Toretska. Currently, there are still two clashes in progress.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of this day, Russian forces attacked 29 times in the areas of settlements Oleksandropil, Green Field, Elizabeth, Beam, Kotline, Preobrazhenka, Kotlyarivka, Bogdanivka, Yasenove, Zvirove, Udačne, Oleksiyivka and Andriyivka. Ukrainian defenders have fought back 25 attacks, 4 more clashes continue so far.
Today, according to preliminary data, 129 Russian occupants were defecated in this direction, 78 of them - irrevocably. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed six units of automotive equipment, four mortars, one buggy, a motorcycle and an UAV control point, and also damaged two tanks, two units of automobile equipment and a cannon.
Ukrainian defenders repelled 6 attacks of the zagarbnikív in the area of konstantinopol.
In the direction of Gulyaipil, Russian forces twice unsuccessfully tried to advance in the direction of Privilny and Free Field. The aviation of Russian terrorists caused four strikes in the areas of êgorívka, gulyaipol and zaliznychny.
In the Orihiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sherbaka and Stepovo.
In the pridníprovs шноkomu direction, Russian forces three times unsuccessfully attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders.
In Kurshina, the Defense Forces repelled 21 assault actions of Russian invaders.