Wikipedia: Timeline of the Russia-Ukraine War(2024-04-18)

Wikipedia: Timeline of the Russia-Ukraine War(2024-04-18)

Wikipedia 2024-04-18

Original title: Timeline of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (April 2024)

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04/18

Between midnight and early morning, Russia launched 13 drones from Cabo Choda in Russian-occupied Crimea and Russian Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and air defense forces shot down all drones over Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts, according to Ukrainian air force commanders. [330] The governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region said that at least two civilians were injured in a Russian attack on the Dnipropetrovsk district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. [331] At least two civilians were killed and three injured as a result of Russian attacks on several settlements in Donetsk Oblast, the Donetsk Oblast government said. [332]

Russia has lost 456,960 soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, with 910 casualties among Russian forces over the past day, cumulative losses of 7,196 tanks, 13,835 armored combat vehicles, 15,618 vehicles and fuel tanks, 11,637 artillery systems, 1,046 multiple launch rocket systems, 760 air defense systems, 347 aircraft, 325 helicopters, 9,284 drones, 2,093 cruise missiles, 26 ships and 1 submarine, etc. [333]

Air defense forces shot down 251 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, two OTR-21 Dots tactical ballistic missiles and 33 Polish-made Vampire multiple launch rocket rockets in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said. [334] The Belgorod governor said that Ukraine had used at least 24 munitions and 18 drones in attacks on settlements in the Belgorod region over the past day. [335] The head of the Russian-occupied Donetsk region said that at least eight civilians were injured in an attack by the Ukrainian armed forces using American-made Seahorse multiple rocket launchers on a hospital and blood transfusion station in the city of Gorlovka. [336]

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that in the past day, the Russian army destroyed 1 command post and 2 S-300 air defense system launchers in Ukraine during the "special military operation" in Ukraine, and in the past 24 hours, the Russian army caused casualties to Ukrainian manpower and military equipment in 126 regions, and repelled multiple counterattacks by the Ukrainian army in the Kupyansk region, Avdiivka region, Donetsk region and Kherson region, and the Ukrainian army lost a total of about 940 soldiers. Since the beginning of the "special military operation", the Russian armed forces have destroyed a total of 583 Ukrainian warplanes, 270 helicopters, 21,734 unmanned aerial vehicles, 504 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,801 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,267 more than rocket launchers, 8,945 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 21,111 special military vehicles. [334] The head of the Russian-occupied Donetsk army said that the Ukrainian army had lost most of its positions near the settlements of Nova Kalino and Ochletino in the Avdiivka region. [337]

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it received reports of an attempted drone attack on the training center at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant at 10:35 a.m., which resulted in no casualties or damage. [338]

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, at least 1,839 children have been killed or injured, of which at least 543 have been killed and 1,296 have been injured to varying degrees, with 529 child casualties recorded in Donetsk Oblast, the majority, according to the Prosecutor General's Office. [339]

Russian Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that by providing aid to Ukraine, the United States allows Kyiv to continue hostilities, while Washington directly benefits from it, and any plan to aid the Ukrainian regime will first allocate funds that remain in the US military-industrial complex, and then pay the US government in the form of taxes, etc., and Ukraine will now not only fight for the aid provided by the United States, but must fight to the last Ukrainian. [340]

The National Security Service of Ukraine said that a joint operation of Ukrainian and Polish law enforcement agencies detained a Polish citizen on suspicion of proposing to Russia to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. [341]

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had arrested 12 members of the neo-Nazi organization "Белая масть" with links to Ukraine in the Republic of Crimea. [342] [343]

Denmark became the first country to buy weapons from Ukrainian arms manufacturers for use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of a military assistance package, according to the Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine. [344]

German Chancellor Schauer said after attending the European Council that Berlin is trying to find six more Patriot air defense systems in NATO countries, in addition to the other Patriot air defense system that Germany has promised to provide to Ukraine. [345] [346] German authorities have arrested 2 dual German and Russian residents who were planning a military sabotage plot on behalf of Russian intelligence on suspicion of carrying out bombing and arson attacks on German military and industrial sites, including US military bases in the country, according to the German prosecutor's office. [347]

The director of the CIA said that the approval of aid to Ukraine has its urgency to prevent possible losses in the war against Russia, and that with military assistance received, Ukraine can continue to hold out in 2024, challenging Russia's recent progress and the upcoming summer offensive, without which Ukraine could be defeated by the end of 2024. [348]

Russian state-run media "TASS", citing front-line military sources, reported that a number of Russian snipers cooperated to kill the head of a Ukrainian army's anti-sniper team with the call sign "Блискавка", and showed captured personal documents and sniper rifles. [349]。

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Source: 2024-04-18 Wikipedia

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