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📝**Chronicle of the Special Military Operation** 📝 __For June 18, 2026__ 🧨Russian forces attacked enemy targets in the vicinity of **Kyiv** and **Poltava**. **Sumy** also came under massive strikes, and the local **thermal power plant** in **Akhtyrka** was hit. Multiple strikes recorded in the border areas of **Kharkiv** **region**, in **Dnipropetrovsk** and the occupied part of **Zaporizhzhia** **region**. Ukrainian formations attacked bridges in **Kherson** **region** and **Crimea**, train movement delays are being observed. In **Gukovo** in **Rostov** **region**, an oil depot and a diesel locomotive were attacked, one person killed, two more wounded. During the second large-scale strike on **Moscow** this week, the **Moscow** **oil refinery** was damaged again. ➡️On the [**Lyman** **direction**](https://t.me/rybar/81170) units of the "West" grouping are advancing in **Lyman** and repelling AFU attacks north of the city. ➡️On the [**Slavyansk** **direction**](https://t.me/rybar/81171) fighters of the "South" grouping liberated **Rai-Aleksandrovka**, the enemy is being pushed back on the western outskirts. ➡️On the **Konstantinovsk** **direction** fierce fighting continues in the city center, Russian assault troops are conducting battles for a high-rise block. ➡️On the **West-Zaporizhzhia** **direction** Ukrainian formations continue attacking in the area of **Malye Shcherbakov** and **Shcherbakov**, the "Dnieper" grouping is conducting fierce defensive battles. 📎 **High-resolution maps:** **🔸Situation in the special military operation zone (**[**ru**](https://i.ibb.co/gbK8H3kw/18-06-1.jpg)**; **[**en**](https://i.ibb.co/7d3qfNvr/18-06-1.jpg)**)** 🔸Lyman direction (**[**ru**](https://i.ibb.co/Nd0BqZfM/07.jpg)**; **[**en**](https://i.ibb.co/chgJyDB7/07.jpg)**) 🔸Slavyansk direction (**[**ru**](https://i.ibb.co/PsLt8phx/08.jpg)**; **[**en**](https://i.ibb.co/k6QtKJC6/08.jpg)**) 🔸Konstantinovsk direction (**[**ru**](https://i.ibb.co/cK53BMP2/10.jpg)**; **[**en**](https://i.ibb.co/zVMjXW91/10.jpg)**) 🔸West-Zaporizhzhia direction (**[**ru**](https://i.ibb.co/7tYj5WxX/15-2.jpg)**; **[**en**](https://i.ibb.co/bgXk7TRW/15-2.jpg)**) **📍 **Online maps available by subscription at **[**map.rybar.ru**](https://map.rybar.ru/) #digest #Dnipropetrovsk #map #Krasnodar #Moscow #Russia #Slavyansk #Sumy #Ukraine #Kharkiv **✈**** **[**RU**](https://t.me/rybar)** | ****✈**** **[**EN**](https://t.me/rybar_in_english)** | ****✉**** **[**MAX**](https://max.ru/Rybar) ✉️ [**VK**](https://vk.com/rybar_force) | ✉️ [**RuTube**](https://rutube.ru/u/rybar/) | ✉️ [**OK**](https://ok.ru/group/70000041986659) | ✉️ [**Zen**](https://dzen.ru/rybar) 💸[**Support us**](https://qr.nspk.ru/BS1A0068ID10D33B9IBAQRQ4M9T0NIFN?type=01&bank=100000000008&crc=36CB)

📝**Liberation of Rai-Aleksandrovka**📝 On the **Slavyansk direction**, Russian forces are completing the clearing of **Rai-Aleksandrovka**, which was announced as captured today. The settlement was one of the key nodes of Ukrainian defense on the approaches to **Nikolayevka** and the **Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration**, and fighting for it lasted several months. 🔻**What changed in the sector?** ▪️After the [liberation of **Nikiforovka**](https://t.me/rybar/80750), units of the RF Armed Forces consistently developed their offensive along the enemy's defensive line and reached **Rai-Aleksandrovka** directly. In recent weeks, the main combat operations took place both in the settlement itself and on the adjacent heights, where Ukrainian formations equipped an extensive system of strongpoints. ▪️Control of the village makes it possible to improve the tactical position of Russian forces and create additional [threats to the Ukrainian grouping](https://t.me/rybar/81114) holding the **Nikolayevka — Raigorodok** line. At the same time, opportunities are expanding for fire impact on AFU logistics routes in this sector of the front. In the near future, the main efforts of the RF Armed Forces will likely be concentrated on expanding the zone of control west of **Rai-Aleksandrovka** and evening out the front line around the settlement. Only after suppressing the remaining Ukrainian strongpoints will it be possible to speak of creating conditions for further advance toward **Nikolayevka** and the northern approaches to **Slavyansk**. ❗️However, it is premature to speak of any "march on **Slavyansk**" at this point. In fact, this is not about a complete collapse of AFU defense in the direction, but about its gradual pushing back from one of the forward nodes. For further advance, Russian units will require clearing of adjacent forest belts, heights, and fortified areas covering the approaches to **Nikolayevka** and **Raigorodok**. 📌At the current stage, the liberation of **Rai-Aleksandrovka** should be viewed as an important tactical success, improving the position of Russian forces on the **Slavyansk direction**, but not as an event automatically opening the way to rapid offensive operations against the **Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration**. __If you have updates on the situation, you want us to highlight the successes of your unit — you can always write to us in the feedback bot ____@rybar_feedback_bot__ 📍[**High-resolution map**](https://i.ibb.co/fsBsPz0/08.jpg) 📍[**English version**](https://i.ibb.co/PGtm5QRM/08.jpg) 📍Online maps available by subscription at map.rybar.ru #digest #map #Russia #Slavyansk #Ukraine ✈ [**RU**](https://t.me/rybar) | ✈ [**EN**](https://t.me/rybar_in_english) | ✉ [**MAX**](https://max.ru/Rybar) ✉️ [**VK**](https://vk.com/rybar_force) | ✉️ [**RuTube**](https://rutube.ru/u/rybar/) | ✉️ [**OK**](https://ok.ru/group/70000041986659) | ✉️ [**Dzen**](https://dzen.ru/rybar) 💸[**Support us**](https://qr.nspk.ru/BS1A0068ID10D33B9IBAQRQ4M9T0NIFN?type=01&bank=100000000008&crc=36CB)