Sea of Azov
On the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the invaders are actively using criminal schemes to take away land from its rightful owners, especially targeting plots in the coastal areas of the Azov Sea.
The Russians have about 7 A-50 aircraft left, which they are currently modernizing, said a spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At night, a pipeline used by the Russians to pump oil from a local oil depot to tankers was blown up in the port area of the Azov Sea Port. Tanker loading of oil products has been suspended for an indefinite period.
Enemy tactical aviation activity has been spotted in the Sea of Azov, the Ukrainian Air Force reports.
Over the last day in the Orikhiv and Kherson sectors, the Joint Forces eliminated 111 occupants and destroyed 40 pieces of weapons and military equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, artillery systems and drones.
More than 10 cases of cholera have been detected in various schools in Mariupol, raising concerns about a potential epidemic.
The Ukrainian military held their positions and killed more than a hundred russians during eight attempts of russian assaults in several directions in the Joint Forces Operation area, and destroyed 57 units of russian weapons and military equipment.
russian troops suffer significant losses in armored vehicles in the Kherson sector and are forced to redeploy combat vehicles from the occupied Crimea to replenish their losses after Ukrainian drone strikes.
Russia is trying to terrorize Zmeinyi Island in the Black Sea to disrupt the functioning of the navigation corridor, as the recommended sea routes run along the island.
putin has ordered the construction of resorts on the Azov Sea coast in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories.
In the Orikhivsk sector, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions eight times over the past day, but suffered losses and retreated to their original positions.
Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled four Russian attacks in the Orikhiv sector near Robotyne and Staromayorske.
Three high-ranking Russian officials were notified of suspicion for assisting in the transportation of Russian military personnel and equipment to the frontline by sea.
Ukrainian troops repelled three attacks by Russian occupiers on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, inflicting significant losses on the enemy - about 3 dozen killed and wounded.
Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has sunk or disabled one-third of all russian warships in the Black Sea, and its ultimate goal is to completely eliminate russian warships in the Azov and Black Sea regions.
Russian troops occasionally conduct maneuvers with coastal missile systems and tactical missile systems as they look for other means to launch precision missile strikes in response to growing threats, while the Russian Navy remains largely inactive in the Black and Azov Seas.
Russian troops conducted 4 assaults in the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian troops are holding their positions, inflicting losses of 125 occupants, 37 units of weapons and military equipment on the Orikhivske and Kherson directions.
Ukrainian troops successfully hit the large russian landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications hub and several facilities of the russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, as well as an oil depot in occupied Crimea.
Ukraine's armed forces repelled 12 Russian attacks in the south, while Russian forces applied pressure using numerous attack drones and fired at least 14 bombs and missiles in Zaporizhzhia.
As of 07:00 on 18. 03.2024, there were no enemy ships in the Black and Azov Seas, but 3 enemy ships were present in the Mediterranean, including 2 Kalibr cruise missile carriers with a total volley of up to 12 missiles.
Over the past day, the enemy made 2 offensive attempts on the left bank of the Dnipro River and 4 in the areas of Robotyno and Verbove in Zaporizhzhia region, but suffered significant losses and retreated to their original positions.
For two days in a row, Russia has not deployed its fleet ships in the Black and Azov Seas and has not withdrawn missile launchers from their bases due to stormy weather conditions.
a russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft was spotted flying over the temporarily occupied Crimea, in particular over Sevastopol.
After two days of calm, russian troops launched four assault attacks in an attempt to force Ukrainian forces from a bridgehead on the left bank of the Kherson region, but suffered losses and retreated.
The Ukrainian Air Force detected and targeted Russian aircraft at a distance of over 150 kilometers. Today, the results of combat work are being checked.
Odesa region needs special air defense systems to shoot down ballistic missiles because of its significant impact on the Ukrainian economy.
There is a temporary lull in the Black Sea after the sinking of the Russian ship Sergei Kotov, but Russia will soon deploy another ship to fulfill its missions, according to a Ukrainian Navy spokesman.
The Russians have reduced their air activity in the Kherson area, flying over the Azov or Black Sea instead of using guided bombs as they did before.
Russia has begun to use reconnaissance drones more frequently to compensate for the loss of aircraft such as the A-50, which used to collect intelligence.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said that after downing more than 10 Russian aircraft in February, the Russians have reduced the use of guided bombs, but air strikes continue.