During the day the servicemen of the Joint Forces group successfully repulsed 10 attacks of the enemy in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, informs the press service of the Joint Forces Operation Headquarter.
“With a help of their professionalism and efficiency, our troops inflicted losses to russian occupiers,” said the statement.
Thus, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed 12 tanks, one artillery system, 28 armor-plated and 2 automobile vehicles.
The units of the Air Defense in the sky of Ukrainian Donbas downed one enemy Su-34 aircraft, Ka-52 helicopter, four drones, and one cruise missile
On 18 April 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed that russian troops started the battle for Donbas which they have been preparing for a long time and concentrated a significant part of their army in the east of Ukraine.
According to the National Security and Defense Council, russians intend to invade the whole Donetsk and Luhansk regions by Orthodox Easter. They would like to make a present for vladimir putin, the head of the Kremlin, in such a way.