Ukraine downs 5 Russian missiles, 8 drones overnight Kyiv faced its 3rd ballistic strike this month. While some damage occurred in Kyiv Oblast, no casualties were reported there. Attacks in Kherson & Dnipropetrovsk oblasts injured 3 ppl.
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Destroyed Russian T-72B3M tank near Soledar, Donetsk region
⚡️A destroyed 🇷🇺Russian T-72B3M tank, model 2022, near the town of Soledar, Donetsk region. pic.twitter.com/Ite3UnTD21
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 18 août 2024A destroyed Russian T-72B3M tank, model 2022, near the town of Soledar, Donetsk region.
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Ukrainian air defense intercepts Russian missiles and drones
5 out of 8 russian missiles and 8 out of 8 russian attack drones intercepted over Ukraine during the night: https://
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Third ballistic missile attack on Kyiv in August, all targets destroyed
On the morning of August 18, Russian troops attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones. All targets were destroyed, said Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration. This is the third ballistic missile attack on the capital in August, with a clear 6-day interval.
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Russia’s estimated losses in Ukraine on day 907
Russia's estimated losses in Ukraine as of day 907 of its all-out war, according to the Ukrainian Army's General Staff.
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Ukrainian Soldiers Capture T-90M Tank in Kursk
⚡️🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers from the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade showed how they captured the 🇷🇺Russian T-90M "Breakthrough" tank in the Kursk region pic.twitter.com/fwQEuYkDZv
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 18 août 2024Ukrainian soldiers from the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade showed how they captured the Russian T-90M “Breakthrough” tank in the Kursk region
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Night strikes: Rockets and drones shot down
During the night, the Ukrainian military intercepted: 2 out of 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles
0 out of 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
0 out of 2 Kh-59 cruise missiles
3 out of an unspecified number of cruise missiles
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Nuclear safety worsens at Zaporizhzhia NPP
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated that the nuclear safety situation at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has deteriorated following a drone strike near the facility on August 17.
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Isolated cases of displacement to the occupied Zaporizhzhia region
No mass evacuation from the Kursk region to the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region has yet taken place. However, there are isolated cases of resettlement, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, told the We Are Ukraine TV channel.