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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 18.04.2023 Ukraine MOD 18 Apr 2023
• Zelenskiy Visits Frontline Town After Kremlin Says Putin Toured Occupied Ukrainian Regions RFE/RL 18 Apr 2023 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy concluded a "long and emotional day" in the city of Poltava in eastern Ukraine on April 18 after visiting Ukrainian forces near the front line in the Donetsk region where heavy fighting has been under way.

Ukraine

• It is inspiring and encouraging to see our Ukrainian resolve and know that there will be victory - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023
• President held a meeting on the security and socio-economic situation in the Poltava region President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023
• Andriy Yermak had a phone call with the British Prime Minister's National Security Adviser President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone call with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023
• President visited the frontline positions of the Ukrainian defenders in the Donetsk region President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023
• Andriy Yermak held an online briefing on security issues for representatives of the British Parliament President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023
• A ship with Ukrainian grain arrived in Yemen as part of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Grain from Ukraine humanitarian food program President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023
• Andriy Yermak had a phone call with Jake Sullivan President of Ukraine 18 Apr 2023

Russia

• Vladimir Putin visited the Headquarters of the Dnepr Group of Forces and Vostok National Guard Headquarters President of Russia 18 Apr 2023 -- The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces visited the Headquarters of the Dnepr Group of Forces in the Kherson sector and Vostok National Guard Headquarters in the Lugansk People's Republic.
• Putin visits two Russian-held regions in Ukraine as Moscow keeps pressing assault on Bakhmut Press TV 18 Apr 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited two Russian-occupied regions of Kherson and Luhansk in Ukraine as Moscow keeps pressing an assault on the frontline town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
• Russia 'interested' in quick end to Ukraine conflict, urges solution based on multipolarity Press TV 18 Apr 2023 -- Moscow is "interested" in ending the year-long war in Ukraine "as soon as possible", Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday following his meeting with Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira in Brasilia.
• Russian Recruiters Target Central Asian Migrants At Mosques, Dorms To Join War In Ukraine RFE/RL 18 Apr 2023 -- Tajik migrant Foziljon Umarov recently applied to renew his expiring Russian residency permit in Nizhny Novgorod Province, where he works as a bricklayer.

United States

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• New European Bauhaus: call for projects to help rebuild Ukraine and foster sustainable construction skills in Europe European Commission 18 Apr 2023 -- Today, the Commission is calling for proposals for three projects - two for the reconstruction of Ukraine and one for the development of skills in sustainable construction.
• War in Ukraine - Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 18 Apr 2023 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.

News Reports

• Ukraine War A Clear-Cut Case Of 'Right Versus Wrong,' Says Petraeus RFE/RL 18 Apr 2023 -- Retired four-star General David Petraeus is a veteran of nearly four decades in the U.S. Army, commanding U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan before serving as director of the CIA in 2011-12.
• Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy, Putin Visit Their Troops in Eastern Ukraine VOA 18 Apr 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited troops on Tuesday in the small eastern city of Avdiivka, a day after the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his military leaders and troops in territories occupied by Moscow's forces.
• 'Downing Ukrainian plane in Jan 2020 was human error, not system malfunction' IRNA 18 Apr 2023 -- Head of the Tehran Judiciary Organization of the Armed Forces Ali Eftekhari says that Iran's air defense system was not defective when it downed a Ukrainian plane in January 2020, adding that the tragedy occurred due to a human error.
• Joint Statement from the International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of Flight PS752 on the criminal trials in Iran Canada 18 Apr 2023 -- The International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of Flight PS752, representing Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine, today issued the following joint statement: