Putin and Trump, Getty Images August 18, 2025, 01:00

Ended in 1270 days of heroic confrontation of the Ukrainian people rOsiian full -scale military intrusion.

Estimated enemy loss

Main news – Reuters, citing sources, published a list of requirements of the Russian leader, which he put forward to end the war against Ukraine. It is based on discussions between European, USA and Ukraine leaders and is incomplete. Among the requirements given:

-the ceasefire of the fire to reach a peace agreement;
-complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donetsk and Luhansk regions in exchange for Moscow’s obligations -Imotular the front line in Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions;
-the return of relatively small territories in Sumy and Kharkiv region, which occupied the Russian Federation;
-recognition of the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over temporarily occupied Crimea;
-Casizing at least some of the sanctions against Russia;
-Berone for Ukraine to join NATO, but some security guarantees for Ukraine are possible;
-Providing the official status of the Russian language in some parts of Ukraine or throughout the country, as well as the right -Russian Orthodox Church.

– The Ukrainian military wounded the Russian General in Kurshchyna. On the night of August 17, the Ukrainian military hit the Russian column on the Rylsk – Khomutovka highway in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

– Trump and Putin have agreed on security guarantees for Ukraine – Vitcoff

– Ukrainian photojournalist Efrem Lukatsky, who cooperates with the Associated Press, has visited the Ukrainian Flamingo Ukrainian Flamingo missile with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers.

– GUR drones attacked a logistics knot in the Voronezh region used by the occupiers.

Information of the Armed Forces General Staff on the Front Situation (22:00)
In total, 127 combat clashes took place from the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders strongly repelled the enemy’s attempts to move deep into our territory, causing him fire.

Today, Russian troops have struck 52 aviation strikes, dropping 86 managed aircraft. In addition, 1611 Dronov-Kamikadze was attracted and 3607 shelling of the positions of our troops and settlements.

In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled two assault actions of the invaders. In addition, the enemy caused 9 aircraft, dropping 23 managed aircraft, and also carried out 150 shelling of positions of our troops and settlements, of which seven – from the jet systems of volley fire.

In the South Slobozhansky direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units three times in the Volchansk district and in the direction of the settlement of Hatne, one battle is ongoing.

In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor carried out offensive actions in the areas of settlements Wesadne, Kindrashivka, Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka and in the direction of Kupyansk. Five of nine attacks have repelled Ukrainian soldiers, the fighting continues.

In the Liman direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of defense forces near Greek, Karpivka, Ridkoduba and Grigorivka 13 times and in the direction of the settlements of Drobysheve, Yampil, wells, and eight combatants are still ongoing.

Four hostile assaults were reflected by Ukrainian defenders in the Seversky direction – the invaders tried to move to the areas of Grigorivka, Fedorovka and recesses.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy three times tried to break through the defense of our defenders in the direction of the settlements of Alexander-Shultine and the White Mountain.

In the Toretsky direction eight times the Russians went on the positions of Ukrainian units in the districts of Toretsk, Shcherbinovka and towards Alexander-Shultin, Plezhiivka, Rusyna Yar. One combatance is still ongoing.

In the Pokrovsky direction, from the beginning of the day, the occupiers have tried to move 42 times to the positions of Ukrainian units. The enemy attacked in the areas of settlements of Poltavka, free, new chess, protected, new economic, peaceful, Novoukrainka, Lisivka, Zarov, Kotlyne, Lucky, Dachne, and in the direction of Volodymyrivka, Rodinsky, Chervona Lyman, Pokrovskaya, Novopavlivka. In some locations, the fights do not subside.

According to preliminary data, today 155 invaders were disposed of in this direction, 109 of which were irrevocable. Also, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed two artillery systems, five cars, six motorcycles, 4 communications and 20 UAVs; Four artillery systems, one motorcycles and six UAV control points were damaged.

In the Novopavlovsky direction the enemy tried to break through the defense of our defenders in the areas of Tolstoy settlements, Green Guy, Voskresenko, Oleksandrograd, Maliyivka and Temirovka. Seven combatants continue.

In the Gulyaypil and Orikhiv directions, the enemy did not perform the offensive actions.

In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made four vain attempts to approach our positions.

There were no special changes in the rest of the directions.

Vladimir Zelensky’s statements and Ursula von der Lyen for media

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