Over the past day, 165 battles took place at the front, most of them in the Pokrovsk direction. The enemy also intensified in the Lyman and Toretsk directions.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 4:00 p. m., a total of 56 combat engagements have occurred since the beginning of the day. The greatest enemy activity is recorded in the Pokrovsk direction, where 22 battles have taken place.
State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko said that Russia did not adhere to the "Easter truce". Shelling and attacks on border guards continued on the border in Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv regions.
Over the past day, 96 combat engagements were recorded on the front. The enemy attacked the most on the Pokrovske direction, where the Defense Forces stopped 39 attacks.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on April 20, Russian troops lost 670 soldiers. Also destroyed were 10 artillery systems and other enemy equipment.
According to the report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the start of the day on April 20, 86 combat engagements have occurred on the front line. The enemy used 704 kamikaze drones and carried out 1519 shelling attacks.
Since the beginning of the day, 45 combat engagements have taken place on the front line. The highest enemy activity remains in the Pokrovsk sector, where twenty engagements have been recorded.
According to the General Staff of the AFU as of 20. 04.25, during the previous day the Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated 950 Russian occupiers. Also, hundreds of units of enemy equipment and weapons were destroyed.
Over the past day, April 19, 107 combat engagements were recorded on the front. A third of them occurred in the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy lost 165 occupiers.
As of now, a total of 59 combat engagements have taken place. The enemy is most active in attacking in the Pokrovske, Lyman, and Toretsk directions.
During the day on April 18, 162 combat engagements occurred on the front. The most active was the Pokrovsk direction with 54 battles, the enemy also carried out 103 airstrikes and used 2855 drones.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated another 1180 Russian occupiers over the past day. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russian army has lost 940,150 servicemen, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
DeepState analysts as of the evening of April 18 recorded changes on the front line. The defense forces pushed back the enemy in Udachne, however, the occupiers advanced in Sukha Balka and near Nove in Donetsk Oblast.
National resistance training centers will operate in every region of Ukraine. The heads of the centers will be appointed by regional councils on the proposal of the regional state administration.
More than a third of the 65 battles on the front on April 18 took place in the Pokrovsk direction. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding back the enemy's onslaught and repelled 22 attacks by the occupiers, and two more clashes are ongoing.
Over the past day, 143 combat clashes took place at the front, almost half of them in the Pokrovsk direction. 21 combat clashes were recorded in the Kursk region.
Since the beginning of 2025, 50 tests of new military equipment have been conducted at the "Iron Polygon". Mostly drones, electronic warfare equipment and engineering support were tested.
During April 17, 114 combat clashes took place at the front, most of them in the Pokrovsk direction. The enemy launched missile and air strikes, used kamikaze drones and carried out shelling.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine are restraining the advance of the occupiers. The largest number of battles occurred in the Pokrovsk direction, where more than half of the 79 combat clashes took place.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that establishes the principles of cybersecurity for state information resources. The law defines the roles of responding to cyber threats and protecting information.
Over the past day, 125 combat clashes took place at the front, a third of which were in the Pokrovsky and Lyman directions. The enemy launched 94 air strikes and involved 2,764 kamikaze drones.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the day the Russian army lost 1230 soldiers, 16 tanks and 54 armored vehicles. Dozens of artillery systems and other equipment were also destroyed.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine responded to criticism regarding the video, where reports were called a possible cause of shelling. The military assured that they did not blame journalists, the video will be revised.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is joining the staffing process under the "contract 18-24" program. Currently, all necessary issues are being coordinated with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Over the past day, 111 combat engagements took place on the front lines, a quarter of them in the Pokrovsk direction. The enemy launched 109 air strikes and carried out almost 6,600 shellings.
Over the past day, 99 combat clashes took place at the front, almost half of them in the Pokrovsky and Lyman directions. The enemy launched 119 air strikes and used 3,275 kamikaze drones.
According to the General Staff, on April 14, the Russian army lost 1,180 soldiers and 68 artillery systems. Since the beginning of 2025, the losses of the Russian Federation have exceeded 140,000.
According to British intelligence estimates, total Russian casualties in Ukraine since the beginning of 2025 have reached approximately 138,000 killed and wounded. In March 2025, daily losses averaged 1,300 people.
During April 13, 158 combat clashes took place on the front. The enemy launched 128 air strikes and involved 3,462 kamikaze drones.
During April 13, 117 combat clashes took place at the front. The Russian Federation launched 93 air strikes and used 1235 kamikaze drones, carrying out about 5000 shellings.
