Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

On the morning of April 18, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the 124th Joint Support Centre of the Logistics Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Lvov. The logistics centre and the large shipments of foreign weapons that have arrived in Ukraine from the US and European countries over the last six days were destroyed.

In addition, a large ammunition depot near Vasilkov in Kiev Region was destroyed.

During the day, 16 military assets of Ukraine were hit by high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Among them: 2 command posts, 2 strong points of Ukrainian troops, as well as areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment in Popasnaya, Barvenkovo and Krasniy Liman.

Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 84 military assets of Ukraine. Destroyed:

plant to repair Tochka-U tactical missile warheads in Dnepropetrovsk;

command post of the territorial defence battalion near Zelenoe Pole;

2 ammunition depots and 1 fuel storage facility near Chervonaya Polyana.

47 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment and 22 artillery positions of Ukrainian troops were also destroyed.

Missile troops and artillery hit 331 military assets. 9 command posts, 1 missile and artillery weapons depot, as well as 315 areas of enemy manpower concentration were destroyed near Popasnaya and Novomaiorskoe.

Up to 120 nationalists and 9 units of military equipment were destroyed near Novotoshkovskaya as a result of the strike.

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The five Russian arsenal ships have a general volley of no less than 36 cruise missiles, Col. Oleksander Motuzyanyk said, such as the Kalibr system.

Russia is claiming that it deployed a mass strike in Ukraine overnight that reached hundreds of targets.

The Russian defense ministry wrote in a statement on Monday that the strike included its air force, missile forces, artillery and air defense systems.Moscow said the strikes — which occurred in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions and the port of Mykolayiv — demolished 16 Ukrainian military facilities, according to Reuters. Those targets reportedly included five command posts, a fuel depot and three ammunition warehouses.
Ukrainian armor and forces were also destroyed

A video of today's Russian missile strikes in Lviv in western Ukraine. What appears to be a Kalibr cruise missile can be seen hitting a target. 7 people were said to be killed and 11 injured as a result.https://t.co/ZP1UFNtRJy> pic.twitter.com/Kvzq7R7aXV

— Status-6 (@Archer83Able) April 18, 2022

A few minutes ago, sirens sounded in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip. One rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome Air Defense System.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has stated that they have seen indications that Russian Forces are about to begin Large-Scale Offensives in the East of the Countries specifically in the Luhansk and Donetsk Regions, these have been expected since the Withdrawal from the North. pic.twitter.com/9aQgEdIfde

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 18, 2022

In total, 139 aircraft, 483 unmanned aerial vehicles, 250 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,337 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 254 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,009 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,196 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

📽️Russian cruise missiles targeting a warehouse area in #Lviv today #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/R4X53iLenY

— MilitaryLand.net (@Militarylandnet) April 18, 2022