Overview

• The General Staff reported 172 clashes on September 18 and said Russia conducted 52 airstrikes with 95 guided bombs, launched 1,566 attack drones and carried out 3,476 shelling incidents.
• On the Pokrovsk axis, Ukrainian forces faced 61 Russian assault attempts with fighting still active in six locations, and the command reported 207 Russian personnel neutralized there, including 125 killed.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukrainian counteroffensive actions in the Pokrovsk–Dobropillia area disrupted a planned Russian offensive, noting recent gains under the Dobropillia operation.
• Ukrzaliznytsia restored power on a rail segment hit during the night attack of September 17 and said trains have largely returned to their standard schedules, with a few residual delays.
• A Yale research team alleged abducted Ukrainian children were taught or used to assemble military equipment such as drones in Russian-run programs, while Ukraine told the OSCE that recent Russian drone incursions into Polish and Romanian airspace were deliberate tests of allied resolve.