Night air attack, 149 combat clashes, fighting in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions, losses of occupiers, enemy shelling, protests in Georgia.
Rescuers work at the site of the shelling of a multi-story building in Sumy
The death toll from yesterday's Russian missile strike on Sumy has increased to 11. There are also 89 wounded, including 10 children, the State Emergency Service, the National Police and the Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office reported.
“As of this morning, the number of people killed in the attack has increased to 11, including two children. Another 55 people were injured, including eight children,” the rescuers said in a statement.
Later, the prosecutor's office clarified that there were 63 injured, including 10 children, and the rescuers noted that the number of injured was 89 people.
A 9-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, five women and four people were killed. Two educational institutions, 13 buildings, including 90 apartments, and 28 cars were damaged.
November 18 and 19 in Sumy are days of mourning for those killed in the enemy attack on November 17.
< On the night of today, November 18, after midnight, the occupiers launched a missile strike on the critical infrastructure of Sumy. The city lost electricity.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that a total of 149 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.
In the Pokrovsk directionour defenders stopped 32 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lysovka, Kruty Yar, Yurovka, Grigoryevka, Pustynka and Petrovka.
< b>In the Kurakhovsky direction the Defense Forces repelled 42 attacks. The occupiers most actively tried to advance near Novaya Ilyinka, Berestki, Voznesenka, Solntsovka, Zarya, Maksimilyanovka, Dalnee, Kurakhovoye, Yekaterinovka, Elizavetovka and Antonovka.
Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have hit 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one command post, one radar and one electronic warfare station of the enemy.
More details about the operational situation – in the news.
The General Staff also reports that over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have eliminated another 1,560 Russian occupiers., 15 enemy tanks, 58 combat armored vehicles and 30 artillery systems. In total, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed about 722,440 occupiers.
Other enemy losses are in the news.
The Le Figaro newspaper removed from the publication information that France and Great Britain also allowed Ukraine to strike deep into Russia. This was noted by the media outlets “Grunt” and UP.
Journalists wrote about the corresponding permission yesterday evening, after the American press, citing anonymous sources, reported a similar decision by the United States. There was such a proposal: “The French and British allowed Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory using their SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles.”
Now Le Figaro reports: “Debates have already been underway in the chancelleries about permission to use Western missiles against Russian territory. Emmanuel Macron called for this during a state visit to Germany in May 2024.
Georgian protesters against the official results of the parliamentary elections spent the night in tents in Tbilisi for the first time in a month. Before that, they dispersed for the night. The action is expected to last until the end of the day, writes Radio Liberty. The protesters blocked a large intersection in Tbilisi. After the rally, some of the participants set up about three dozen tents near the university. Portable toilets were set up for them, and blankets and tea were brought. According to journalists, the night passed peacefully: no attempts were made to disperse the protesters.
These protests are a reaction to the announcement of the Georgian Dream party as the winner of the elections. According to official data, the opposition political forces, the Coalition for Change and the United National Movement, together gained about 21% of the votes. Parties consider the election results to be falsified.
More details in the news.
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