At the airfield in the Dnipropetrovsk region: the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of a Ukrainian depot of aviation weapons

Aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 147 districts during the day. This was stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense. Along with this, a depot of aviation weapons was destroyed.

"At the Lozove airfield in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a warehouse of aviation weapons of the Air Force of Ukraine was destroyed," the Ministry of Defense reported.

In the areas of the settlements of Serebryanka (DPR) and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region), the command and observation posts of units of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade were hit.

In addition, the forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the central part of the Black Sea.

Air defense systems intercepted four HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, as well as a US-made JDAM guided aerial bomb. Along with this, 51 drones were destroyed.

The situation in the directions of the NWO

According to the Ministry of Defense on October 18, in the Kupiansk direction, units of the Zapad grouping, supported by aviation and artillery, repelled 13 attacks by assault groups of the 14th, 32nd, 43rd and 115th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Synkovka, Ivanovka, Pershotravneve, Orlyanske (Kharkiv region) and Sergeevka (LPR).

Also on the russian.rt.com, paratroopers using an FPV drone destroyed a group of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Verbovoye area

Aviation and heavy flamethrower systems hit the manpower and equipment of the 68th Jäger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of Nadiya (LPR) and Berestove (Kharkiv region).

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 80 servicemen in this sector, as well as three tanks, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery unit.

In the Krasnolimansk direction, thanks to the coordinated actions of the units of the Center group, air and artillery strikes, an attack by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR) was repelled.

Aviation hit the manpower and equipment of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 5th Brigade of the National Guard, the 1st Special Forces Brigade and the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka (DPR) and Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR), as well as the Serebryansky forestry.

According to the ministry, the enemy lost up to 60 servicemen, as well as two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the "South" grouping, supported by aviation and artillery, hit the manpower and equipment of the 28th, 42nd, 67th and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 112th territorial defense brigade and the 79th airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kurdiumovka, Andreevka, Klishchiivka, Khromovo and Marinka (DPR).

In total, the enemy lost up to 115 servicemen killed and wounded in this direction, as well as two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a D-20 gun and an Msta-B howitzer.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled an attack by an assault group of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade near the village of Chervone (Zaporizhzhia region).

Aviation hit the manpower and equipment of the 79th Air Assault Brigade, the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 107th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Pavlovka and Staromayorskoye (DPR).

The enemy lost up to 170 servicemen, as well as two pickup trucks and a Rapira anti-tank gun.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, units of the Russian group of troops, supported by aviation and artillery, repelled an attack by an assault detachment of the 71st Jäger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Verbove (Zaporizhzhia region).

Along with this, in the area of Uspenivka (Zaporizhzhia region), the manpower and equipment of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade and the 116th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

The total losses of the enemy per day in this sector amounted to 85 servicemen. Two armored combat vehicles, two vehicles and a US-made M119 howitzer were destroyed.

In addition, in the Kherson direction, the activities of four sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the areas of the settlements of Pidstepne and Poima (Kherson region) were suppressed. Up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed, as well as two vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, an M777 artillery system and two D-30 howitzers were hit.