The situation in the regions on the morning of March 18

Kyiv region

Constant alarms due to the threat of airstrikes all over the region. The hottest spots are Bucha district, Vyshhorod district, and 4 territorial communities in Brovary district.

Chernihiv region

Defensive battles continue near Chernihiv. Most neighborhoods of the city do not have electricity and water. Communication is limited. During the day and night for several hours, the Russians shelled the center, the residential areas of the city. The situation is difficult in suburban villages, where enemies place their equipment between houses, intimidate people and take food from them.

Sumy region

Night shelling of the Russian army continued in the Okhtyrka district and on the outskirts of Sumy. In the villages of these districts, the occupiers drove people out of their houses, tormented them, took away food, broke phones, and set their houses on fire. In several settlements, all local men are taken away in an unknown direction. 

Kharkiv region

in Kharkiv, rescuers are still extinguishing a fire that broke out in the Kharkiv market after the shelling yesterday. Russian attacks on residential areas continue. Fighting continues in the region in the Izium, Derhachi, Chuhuiv directions.

Lviv region

Several explosions took place near Lviv airport at about 6:30. According to preliminary data from the Air Force, 6 cruise missiles were fired from the Black Sea area. Two missiles were destroyed.

Luhansk region

More than 20 residential and infrastructural facilities were destroyed overnight in Sievierodonetsk and Rubizhne. In Severodonetsk, there were hits in the building of the Security Service of Ukraine, a water supply system, and wholesale bases. At 5:00, Kreminna and Lysychansk were covered with BM-21 “Grad”. Two people died during the night. The number of civilian casualties is being determined.

Donetsk region

There was shelling along the entire front line in the north and in the center of the region. Mariupol remains under siege. Street fights continue there. The shelling is still going on in Marinka, Krasnohorivka, and Avdiivka. The Ocheretyn Military-Civil Administration reports that shelling continued throughout the night in the Verkhnotoretsk, Novobakhmutivka, and Krasnohorivka areas, to this day.

Mykolaiv region

Mykolaiv, Voznesensk and Snihurivka were attacked. Rescuers are extinguishing the fire. Data on the victims are being clarified. Fighting continues in the region. In the occupied territories, the Russian military terrorize residents of the villages.

Kherson region

The number of explosions and shots has decreased in the region over the past 24 hours. Nevertheless, the region is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. In Kherson itself, the occupiers set up new checkpoints. People are waiting for the humanitarian corridors.

The situation in the rest of the regions was relatively calm. Some had air-raid sirens at night.

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