18 August 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- US State Department: Victory will come when the Russian Federation completely withdraws from Ukraine
- The Russian authorities announced the downing of a drone over the Belgorod region
- UAV attacked Moscow again: Expocenter was damaged
- In Lithuania, the border with Russia is allowed to be closed
- A cargo terminal was opened in the port of Novorossiysk
- Denmark and the Netherlands confirmed receiving US permission to transfer F-16s to Ukraine
- Moldova began denouncing the agreement on military cooperation within the CIS
- EU gas storages are already 90% full
- About 20,000 citizens are mobilized in Russia every month
- Russia struck Komyshuvas in Zaporizhzhia at night, an educational institution was destroyed
- The Russian Federation launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia
- In Russia, the human rights defender Sakharov Center was liquidated
- Centerenergo builds protective structures at its TPPs
- The Armed Forces have replenished the exchange fund by more than 200 occupiers in recent weeks
- The USA has extended the status of temporary protection for Ukrainians for another 18 months
- A drone flew to a meeting of the occupiers in Energodar
- The Russians tried to restore the situation in the area of the liberated Urozhany
- The Russians shelled Chasiv Yar, there are wounded
- Pernod Ricard is preparing to close its representative office in the Russian Federation
- At Denmark's request, the United States approved the training program for Ukrainians on the F-16
- Bulgaria did not rule out a collision between Russia and NATO in the Black Sea
- In Hungary, the Rheinmetall plant was opened, where the most modern BMPs will be produced
- Britain does not recognize Russia's withdrawal from the double taxation agreement
- Shelling of Sumy Oblast: more than 120 explosions were recorded per day
- In the Taurian direction, the Russian Federation lost 234 soldiers and 20 pieces of equipment in a day
- Putin held a meeting at the military headquarters in Rostov
- 36 combat clashes took place during the day
- Ukrainian defenders destroyed half a thousand more Russian invaders
- 10 boats of the Russian DRG were destroyed by the defense forces in the south of Ukraine in a day