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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,151: White House threatens to abandon a pathetic 'peace' effort [1]

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Date: 2025-04-18

Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on April 17 and 18. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile from occupied Crimea; five Iskander-K cruise missiles from occupied Zaporizhia Oblast and Crimea; and 37 Shahed and decoy drones from Millerovo, Rostov Oblast and Kursk City.[93] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed three Iskander-K cruise missiles and 23 Shahed drones over Ukraine and that 10 decoy drones were “lost,” likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian drones struck civilian infrastructure in Sumy City and Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kyiv oblasts.[94] Ukrainian officials reported that Russian missiles struck civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv Oblast; Voznesenskyi Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast; and Dnipro City, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[95]

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Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed three Iskander-K cruise missiles and 23 Shahed drones over Ukraine and that 10 decoy drones were “lost,” likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference.

Russian forces conducted a ballistic missile strike against civilian areas in Kharkiv City on April 18, the latest in a string of high-casualty Russian strikes against civilian areas in Ukraine in recent weeks. Ukrainian officials reported on April 18 that Russian forces struck a residential area in Kharkiv City with three Iskander-M ballistic missiles, killing at least one civilian, injuring at least 98, and damaging at least 21 apartment buildings, 40 houses, a civilian enterprise, two schools, and two children's centers.[27] Kharkiv City Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that the ballistic missiles were equipped with cluster munitions, which resulted in widespread damage.[28]

Russian forces have conducted several devastating strikes against Ukrainian cities since April 1. Russian ballistic missiles with cluster munition warheads struck Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, causing at least 89 casualties on April 4, and Russian Shahed drones struck Kharkiv City and caused 39 casualties on the same day.[29] Russian ballistic missiles struck Sumy City on April 13 and caused at least 100 casualties.[30] A Russian ballistic missile strike on Dnipro City on April 17 caused at least 31 casualties.[31] Russian forces have been adjusting their strike tactics in recent weeks to increasingly hit civilian areas, likely intending to take advantage of the ceasefire on energy infrastructure strikes and Kremlin efforts to delay negotiations to intimidate Ukrainian civilians.[32]

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