Combat Operations Map in Ukraine as of July 18, 2026

The 1606th day of the war in Ukraine. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were 276 combat clashes in the past day. The enemy launched three missile strikes and 93 airstrikes, dropping 265 guided aerial bombs. A total of 10,252 kamikaze drones were used, along with 3,117 shellings of populated areas and positions of Ukrainian troops. Airstrikes affected Vorozhba, Svobodnaya Sloboda, and Sumy. Defense forces struck 20 enemy concentration areas, three artillery systems, and five UAV control points. Four enemy assaults were halted in the Northern Slobozhansk and Kursk directions. Seventeen attacks were repelled in the Southern Slobozhansk direction. One attempted attack was recorded in the Kupiansk direction. In the Lyman direction, the occupiers attacked 21 times. There were 23 assault actions in the Sloviansk direction. Six attacks occurred in the Kramatorsk direction. Nineteen attacks were reported in the Konstantynivka direction. Forty-three attacks were halted in the Pokrovsk direction. One assault took place in the Alexandrovsk direction. Thirty-one attacks were recorded in the Hulyaipole direction. Two attempts to advance were stopped in the Orikhiv direction. No assault actions were reported in the Dnipro direction. No formations of offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.