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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,212: drone attacks continue. 28 killed in Kyiv City [1]

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Date: 2025-06-18

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of June 17 to 18.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 58 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Kursk City; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea. [74] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 12 drones and that 18 drones were “lost” or suppressed by Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems. Ukrainian officials reported that the Russian drones struck residential and industrial infrastructure in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia oblasts. [75] Ukrainian officials reported on June 18 that the death toll from the Russian drone and missile strikes against Kyiv City on the night of June 16 to 17 has risen to 28 civilians and that the strike injured at least 134. [76]

Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 12 drones and that 18 drones were “lost” or suppressed by Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems.

Ukraine's Western partners continue to supply Ukraine with military aid and announce new sanctions packages against Russia. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on June 17 that Canada will provide Ukraine with two billion CAD (roughly $1.4 billion) for the purchase of helicopters, drones, armored vehicles, and ammunition and will lend Ukraine 2.3 billion CAD (roughly $1.6 billion) for the reconstruction of Ukrainian infrastructure. [12] Canada is providing Ukraine with the loan through the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loans mechanism, which will finance and repay the loan using future profits from seized Russian assets. [13] Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced on June 17 that Canada is imposing sanctions against 77 Russian individuals, 39 entities, and 201 vessels in Russia's shadow fleet and sanctioning the trade of goods, including those related to chemical and biological weapons, dual-use industrial goods and technologies, and Russian coal and metal exports. [14] The European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) recently announced additional sanctions against Russia’s financial, military-industrial, and energy sectors. [15]

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The Kremlin likely aims to use the ongoing St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) to support ongoing efforts to consolidate control over the information space and prepare Russian society for a prolonged war effort. Russian opposition outlet Meduza reported on June 18 that it obtained a document from the Russian Presidential Administration instructing Russian state and pro-Kremlin media outlets on which events to cover at SPIEF on June 18 to 21. [6] The events that Russian media should reportedly focus on include the presentation of a new civilian vehicle from a Russian car manufacturer, flag-raising ceremonies for fishing vessels, ceremonies connecting a village and factory in Tambov Oblast to gas networks, and events hosted by organizations subordinate to the Presidential Administration. The document reportedly instructs journalists to focus on events from the "Znanie" (Knowledge) Society, the board of which Presidential Administration Deputy Head Sergei Kiriyenko heads; the "Russia-Land of Opportunities" non-profit organization, which runs the Kremlin's "Time of Heroes" program placing veterans in federal, regional, and local government positions; and presentations of books about war, economics, and disinformation. A political strategist who has worked for the Russian Presidential Administration told Meduza that Russian news coverage of SPIEF previously focused on foreign investment and high-profile foreign guests, but that the Kremlin now aims to project social optimism and the "appearance that everything is moving forward." The Kremlin may have also limited internet access around SPIEF in order to better control the information space. Russian opposition media reported that Russians in and around St. Petersburg began experiencing internet outages overnight on June 17 to 18. [7] Russian authorities previously disconnected large swaths of Russia from mobile internet using the Sovereign Internet system during Victory Day celebrations on May 9 under the guise of ensuring security but likely aimed to limit reports, footage, and imagery of Ukrainian strikes that could destroy the facade of Russian victory. [8] Russian authorities may be employing similar measures during SPIEF as part of efforts to forward the Kremlin's social optimism messaging.

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After Operation "Spiderweb", Ukrainka airbase became the main location for almost all Tu-95MS (37 aircraft), - Tracking and Oko Gora … To launch missiles, aircraft fly from here to airfields near Ukraine, then combat sortie with launches, and then return to Ukrainka again.

- In the Pokrovsk sector, since the beginning of the day, the enemy as attacked 40 times in the areas of Malynivka, Lysivka, Myrolyubivka, Myrne, Promin, Novopavlivka, Myrnohrad, Udachne, Novosergiivka, Kotlyarivka, Oleksiivka and in the direction of Novopidhirne, Poltavka and Popovyi Yar. Our defenders repelled 36 attacks, four more firefights are still ongoing.

According to preliminary data, 184 occupants have been neutralized in this sector, 95 of them irrevocably. In addition, Ukrainian troops destroyed an armored combat vehicle, eight antennas and a repeater, eight motorcycles, an electronic warfare station, ten vehicles, four satellite communication terminals, and 34 unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, a lightly armored multipurpose transporter, a motorcycle and two enemy firing positions were destroyed.

- In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian troops repelled 15 enemy attacks in the areas of Zaporizhzhia, Bahatyry, Vesele, Myrne, Vilne, Novosilka, Vilne Pole and Shevchenko. Two firefights are still ongoing. The settlements of Novodarivka and Olhivka were hit by an air strike.

- In the Huliaipol sector, Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully repelled one enemy attack near Malynivka, and the enemy also conducted air strikes on Huliaipol, Uspenivka and Malynivka.

- In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled one enemy attack in the direction of Shcherbaky.

- In the Prydniprovsky sector, the town of Lvovske came under an air strike.

**Today, it is worth mentioning the soldiers of the 44th separate artillery brigade named after Hetman Danylo Apostol, 121st and 105th separate territorial defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who are effectively destroying the enemy, causing significant losses in manpower and equipment.**

Glory to the Ukrainian defenders! Glory to Ukraine!

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