Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 286 clashes over the past 24 hours, with 72 Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk sector.
- The latest report details 78 airstrikes that dropped 257 guided bombs along with large-scale use of kamikaze drones and artillery, including 227 MLRS barrages.
- Ukraine estimates Russia’s cumulative personnel losses at about 1,282,570 since Feb. 24, 2022, including 1,710 in the past day, figures presented as official Ukrainian assessments.
- By 16:00 on March 18, Ukraine counted 101 clashes since morning, with fighting concentrated in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claims its forces captured Aleksandrovka in Donetsk region and reports Ukrainian losses, assertions not confirmed by Ukraine.