Note to your attention — operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06.00 on July 18, 2022, regarding the Russian invasion of our country.

Glory to Ukraine! The one hundred forty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation against the Russian military invasion has begun.

On the Volyn and Polesie Directions no changes.

On the Northern Direction the enemy periodically conducts aerial reconnaissance and artillery shelling of our troops' positions in border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

On the Kharkiv Direction the enemy is trying to prevent the advance of our troops towards the state border. Conducted shelling in the areas of the city of Kharkiv and populated places Derhachi, Pechenigi, Prudyanka, Ruski Tishky, Pitomnik, Korobochkine. Delivered air strikes near Upper Saltovo and Rubizhne.

On the Sloviansk Direction the enemy shelled with artillery the areas of populated places Novomykhailivka, Dybryvnе, Kostyantynivka, Bogorodichne, Mazanivka, Kurulka, Chepyl, Verhopillya, Nova Dmitrivka and others. Delivered an air strike near Bogorodichne.

On the Donetsk Direction units of the enemy carried out shelling of civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of populated places Donetsk, Severnyy, Verkhnekamyanske, Grygorivka, Ivan-Daryivka, Spirene and others. The enemy is trying to conduct storming actions near Grygorivka, fighting continues. Storming actions in the areas of populated places Verkhnekamyanske, Spirene and Seriyebryanka our defenders successfully repelled.

On the Bakhmut Direction shelling was recorded around Berestove, Kurdyumivka, Veseloye Pole, Sverdlovsk, Bakhmut, Verkhnyaya Velychka, Travnovyi and territories of Vuhlehirska TES. The enemy conducted storming actions in the areas of Novoluganskoye, Semigirya and Vuhlehirska TES, was unsuccessful, withdrew. Delivered rocket-air strikes near Berestove.

On the Avdiivka, Kramatorsk, Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhia Directions occupiers shelled our troops' positions with mortars, artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, in particular, in the areas of populated places Kamianka, Avdiivka, Krasnogorovka, Novomykhailivka, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaki, Prechystivka. Delivered air strikes near Novodanylivka and Novoandriyivka. All attempts by the enemy to storm in the areas of populated places Kamianka, Novomykhailivka and Vuhledar Ukrainian soldiers repelled with losses. The aggressors retreated with losses.

The enemy used radio-electronic warfare means to suppress satellite communication channels.

On the South Buzhok Direction enduring shelling using artillery and multiple launch rocket systems along the line of contact continues. The enemy delivered an air strike near Potiomkino. Conducted aerial reconnaissance with UAVs to identify changes in our troops' situation and correct fire.

The naval group of the enemy continues to block civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together we will win!