18 July 2022 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• Shelling of Sumy Oblast: more than 50 airstrikes per day, a water tower was damaged
• The enemy shelled the city of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region
• Kherson Oblast: Ukrainian attack aircraft hit the concentration of enemy manpower
• The occupiers shelled a village in the Kharkiv region, one person was killed
• Mass shelling of Mykolaiv again
• Russia has no new territorial gains and is prolonging the war in Ukraine - ISW
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy assaults on 8 settlements and the Vuglehirskaya TPP
• Shelling of Nikopol: the Russians fired 60 shells from MLRS
• The occupiers attacked Kharkiv: they damaged 2 high-rise buildings, and there were no casualties
• The Russians struck the Kramatorsk industrial zone
• The occupiers attack Luhansk region, hit Mykolaiv, and strengthen themselves in Kherson region
• The President of the European Commission is flying to Baku to negotiate on gas
• Shoigu ordered the occupiers to destroy the long-range missile systems of the Armed Forces
• Retailer H&M has announced that it is leaving Russia
• Russian shelling of Toretsk killed 6 people
• European tankers continue to transport Russian oil
• Ukraine completed the ratification of the Istanbul Convention
• The Russians fired 4 missiles at Odesa
• Russian rockets hit a school and a granary near the Dnipro
• Ukraine asks the EU to impose sanctions on thirty Russian banks
• Putin urged not to give up because of sanctions and to look for innovations in Russia
• In the Kherson region, defenders hit two military depots of the occupiers
• Berlin: Russia used the Nord Stream turbine only as an excuse to stop gas supplies
• In the Russian Federation, Google was fined a record amount
• Ukrainian fighters defeated the enemy DRG near Kharkov, the commander was taken prisoner
• Zelenskyi talked with the president of Brazil
• In most regions of Ukraine, there is an air alert
• The Armed Forces inflicted losses on the enemy in the Slavyansk and Avdiivsk directions
• The largest German importer of gas from the Russian Federation received a letter about "force majeure" from Gazprom
• In Ukraine, establishments and property of a Russian restaurateur worth 400 million were seized
• Occupants stole 20 elevators in the Zaporizhzhia region
• The President of Slovakia allowed four citizens to fight against the Russian Federation in Ukraine
• Borrell: European societies cannot afford war fatigue
• 9 occupiers from the ZNPP were hospitalized with injuries, some died
• Zaluzhny: We managed to stabilize the situation, HIMARS helped
• Russia demands India pay for oil in UAE dirhams - Reuters
• Zelenska arrived in the USA: met with Blinken and will speak before Congress
• Sumyshchyna: the Russians released more than 150 mines and shells, there are wounded