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State of the war, 18 October 2026

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Trends

LaunchedShot down / suppressed
020040060080014.119.114.1130.1025.1020.10selected issue

Attacks by direction

215 clashes
Pokrovsk28▼ −2
Huliaipole18▲ +5
Kostiantynivka15▼ −3
Kupiansk10▲ +9
Lyman7▲ +2
Orikhiv7= 0
South Slobozhanskyi4▼ −21
Sloviansk2▼ −4
North Slobozhanskyi1▼ −11
Oleksandrivka1▼ −1
Analysis

The price of a kilometre

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Analysis

russia’s strike potential

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In brief: the day in numbers

Night to 18.10.2026: russia launched 181 drones, 152 were shot down or suppressed (84%), with hits at 20 locations (Ukraine’s Air Force).

Ukraine’s General Staff: 215 clashes, most of them in the Pokrovsk direction (28); russian losses for the day — 2,090 personnel, 1,565,060 in total since 24.02.2022.

UN: September 2026 — 328 civilians killed and 2,105 injured.