Overview

• Since midnight on July 18, 78 combat engagements have erupted along the frontline with the heaviest skirmishing in the Pokrovsk sector where defenders repelled 24 out of 28 Russian assaults.
• Ukrainian air defenses shot down 11 of 35 Shahed and other drones launched overnight against frontline areas.
• Russian drones have targeted emergency responders, striking an ambulance in Kherson that injured two medics and hitting a volunteer evacuation vehicle in Rodynske.
• Early morning FAB-250 bombs and Uragan rockets in Kostiantynivka killed two residents, wounded another and damaged homes and infrastructure, prompting war-crimes investigations.
• Regional police reported that Russian forces launched 3,459 strikes across Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, killing four civilians and wounding 12.