❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎞 Rybar Daily Digest of the Special Military Operation: January 18, 2023

⚡️English Translation⚡️

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on January 18

▪️The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine helicopter crashed in Brovary, falling on a kindergarten in a local residential area.

The crash killed the head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Denis Monastyrsky, his deputy, members of the crew and at least ten civilians, including children.

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces made another attempt to shell the territories bordering Ukraine in the Belgorod region.

The air defenses intercepted all the shells in the Krasnogvardeyskiy district, casualties and destruction were avoided.

▪️Ukrainian assault groups do not stop attempting to gain a foothold on the outskirts of Novoselivs'ke in the gray zone.

Their attacks are countered by the Russian Armed Forces, forcing the enemy to retreat under heavy artillery fire over and over.

▪️Russian troops continue to advance in the Lyman area despite heavy fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

During the offensive at the line Makiivka - Balka Zhuravka one of the Ukrainian army’s strongholds was destroyed.

▪️After the complete liberation of Soledar and the Silj railway station, fighting shifted northwards.

In the area of Krasnopillya and Rozdolivka, the Wagner’s PMC units are fighting to strengthen their positions around the liberated city.

▪️Fierce clashes continue in Klishchiivka for control of the fortified settlement.

The liberation of the settlement will allow Russian soldiers to take the Chasiv Yar - Bakhmut highway under control and block Bakhmut from the south.

▪️The enemy shelled again the Donetsk agglomeration towns with rocket and barrel artillery.

Several shells hit a residential area in the DPR capital, one person killed, at least two were wounded.
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