The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told some details about the strikes that were carried out on Ukrainian military facilities on the night of Thursday, May 18. According to the agency, the purpose of the attack was achieved, all designated objects were hit.

"Today, during the night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out group strikes with high-precision long-range weapons of sea and air-based on large warehouses of weapons and equipment of foreign production, as well as on enemy reserves," the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported.

As the department emphasized, as a result of the strikes, significant stocks of weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, and the advance of reserves to the areas of combat operations was suppressed.

The situation in the NWO zone

The Ministry of Defense also said that in the Kupyansk direction of the special operation over the past day, enemy units located in the areas of several settlements of the Kharkiv region were hit. In addition, units of the 138th and 27th motorized rifle brigades of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped the actions of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy lost up to 60 people, two armored combat vehicles, two cars and a D-20 howitzer in a day.

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In the Krasnoliman direction, aviation and artillery of the Center group of troops attacked manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, units of the 98th Airborne Division eliminated two enemy DRGs in the area of the village of Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).

During the day, more than 75 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, four armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this sector.

Meanwhile, in the Donetsk direction, assault detachments continue fighting to liberate Artyomovsk with the active support of airborne troops.

Thus, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the Southern Group of Forces hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Chasiv Yar and Bogdanovka (DPR). As specified in the Ministry of Defense, aviation made seven sorties of aircraft here per day. The artillery, in turn, completed 72 fire missions.

The total losses of the enemy in this sector amounted to 200 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, five vehicles and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts.

In the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air and artillery strikes of the Vostok group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Vuhledar (DPR). The enemy lost up to 150 people killed and wounded, as well as five vehicles, a combat vehicle of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, an FH70 howitzer and a US-made M777 artillery system.

In the Kherson direction, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and three vehicles were destroyed during the day.

According to the Ministry of Defense, aviation and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 68 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment of the enemy in 97 districts during the day.

In particular, in the area of the settlement of Krivaya Luka (DPR), the AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 front-line bomber of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Slavyansk region (DPR). And air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near the village of Novopavlovka (Zaporozhye region).

In addition, four rockets of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted during the day, and 11 Ukrainian drones were destroyed.

RT military correspondents - about the situation on the front line

The RT film crew, together with military commander Vlad Andritsa, filmed an unsuccessful attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break into the positions of Russian forces in Zaporozhye.

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As the Akhmat-Vostok special forces soldier explained, the attack was launched by a tank, after which enemy drones were used, which corrected the fire of the car.

"The enemy is working very close to us. We stood, talked with Askhab about the enemy "birds". And during the work, he began to attack the tank. And under our conversations, it was these "birds" who began to adjust the tank, "said Andritsa.