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2026-10-18 · Ukrinform

War update: 173 clashes on front line, fiercest fighting in Pokrovsk sector

According to Ukrinform, this was reported in the General Staff’s battlefield update as of 22:00. “A total of 173 combat engagements have taken place since the beginning of the day. The enemy launched 55 airstrikes, dropping 178 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 5,745 kamikaze drones to strike targets and carried out 1,932 attacks on populated areas and the positions of our troops,” the statement said. In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors , Russian forces launched three assaults, conducted two airstrikes using six guided aerial bombs, and shelled the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas 47 times, one of them using multiple-launch rocket systems.

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