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Russian forces recently marginally advanced in the Slovyansk direction. Russian forces launched seven Iskander-M ballistic missiles/S-400 air defense missiles and 239 drones against Ukraine overnight. 6/6

📝**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)

Fighting reported in Kyiv, Kyyiv, Misto, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 50.4333, 30.5167 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 24; average tone: -4.54545454545454. Source article: https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/nation-world/ukraine-hits-moscow-oil-refinery-in-drone-strike-disrupting-commercial-flights-volodymyr-zelensky-russia-vladimir-putin-president-trump-g7

📝**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)

Reports of the enemy's use of toxic substance [chloropicrin](https://t.me/lpr1_treugolnik/229230?single) have been made since summer 2023: ▪From the Zaporizhzhia front [in June 2023](https://t.me/dva_majors/19782) ▪Kleshcheyivka, Bakhmut direction [in July 2023](https://t.me/dva_majors/20588) ▪In the Horlivka area [in September 2023](https://t.me/dva_majors/26482) ▪[In July 2025](https://t.me/dva_majors/75563) the commander of CBRN forces Rtishchev reported: "️Since the beginning of 2025, the AFU on a regular basis, using quadcopter-type UAVs, have been dropping containers with substance 'CS' and homemade munitions with chloropicrin onto the positions of Russian Armed Forces" ✨The enemy's task is to kill 50 thousand Russians (not necessarily soldiers) monthly. You can file a complaint to ~~Sportloto~~, or you can start striking at the junta leadership issuing orders to criminals. The enemy is striking at our leadership and generals. [**Dva Majors**](https://t.me/dva_majors)**✨**** **[**Dva Majors on MAX**](https://max.ru/dva_majors)

**📝****Counterattacks near Lyman****📝** On the **Lyman** **direction**, units of the "West" grouping of forces improved their tactical position on the approaches to **Lyman** itself, which made it possible for assault troops to operate across practically its entire territory. ➡️However, it is too early to speak of full control, since RF Armed Forces are conducting combat operations with small groups. And as we have repeatedly reported and shown in detail in [TAKTIKARE](https://t.me/rybar_tactical/11), occupying a city [in this manner](https://t.me/rybar_tactical/11) is a rather difficult and prolonged task. ➡️North of the city, Ukrainian formations undertook a series of counterattacks toward **Stavky**, as a result of which one of the RF Armed Forces' approaches to the city again came under the control of Ukrainian formations, which occupied **Zverokhozaystvo** and restored control over this part of the **Holy** **Mountains** park. ➡️This occurred simultaneously with the beginning of [attacks](https://t.me/rybar/81044) by Ukrainian formations in the north in the **Redkodub** area. The situation across the entire salient toward **Svyatogorsk** remains extremely tense, since the enemy is clearly attempting to cut off this "salient" in the **Shandrigolovo** area along the **Nitrius** river. ❗️In turn, RF Armed Forces are attempting to disrupt the logistics of Ukrainian formations through systematic strikes on crossings over the **Seversky** **Donets** river. Recently, statements first appeared in the network, and then footage of damage to the embankment at **Mayaki**, through which Ukrainian formations were supplying their grouping operating in the **Lyman** area. 📌As a result of [a FAB-3000 strike](https://t.me/Secrets_of_Vinakos/15572), the crossing was heavily damaged, however it is suitable for restoration, since such embankments are generally quite difficult to destroy even with high-precision and powerful munitions. The enemy attempted to fill in the resulting crater, but a [bulldozer](https://t.me/KrasnolimanskyFront/20119) was struck by an FPV-drone strike. This once again demonstrates that it is important not simply to strike various objects, but also to monitor the enemy's attempts to restore them. __If you have additions regarding 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/svC6NXkP/07.jpg)** ****📍**[**English version**](https://i.ibb.co/Cs36mD0S/07.jpg) ** ****📍****Online maps available by subscription at ****map.rybar.ru** #digest #map #Lyman #Russia #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) | ✉️ [**Zen**](https://dzen.ru/rybar) 💸[**Support us**](https://qr.nspk.ru/BS1A0068ID10D33B9IBAQRQ4M9T0NIFN?type=01&bank=100000000008&crc=36CB)

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 1; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 5; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 6; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 3; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 5; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

Fighting reported in Yuzhnoye, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.6245, 31.1023 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 7; average tone: -4.47368421052632. Source article: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76233

**📝Tankers on Fire📝** **__= damage to the so-called Ukraine's economy** **__ Defeating enemy military objects or production facilities is not the only method of combating Ukrainian air raids. One can strike more flexibly, pressing on the sector that sustains the military machine—that is, the economy. And it is substantially fed through the **Black Sea**. __Many may say: "But how, Europe is providing loans and financing to Ukrainian authorities!" But maritime trade and communication play__ __no less important a role in supplying the AFU.__ __ ❓Why? It is enough to look at shipping in the **Odesa region**: recently we wrote that there are supposedly strikes on ports, but tankers and dry cargo ships continue to operate and replenish the Ukrainian treasury __(over 300 port calls in Odesa region ports were recorded in May)__. 🖍The key problem is obvious: the attacks were sporadic, not systematic. That is, take the notorious "retaliatory strike" or a raid for the sake of reporting—that is when a conditional sunflower oil tank was struck. 🚩Striking grain terminals or other products to weaken the economy, of course, **can and should be done** __(especially since the AFU does it without hesitation)__, as this is one of the export revenue items. But at the same time, one cannot forget about oil depots, enemy military objects, and the fleet. 🏳️In the case of the latter, since late May one can already say that this issue has been taken up, with active and precise strikes against the "mosquito fleet" boats of the so-called Ukraine's Navy. The last strike by a cruise "Geran" was on June 16 against the **CB90** vessel of Swedish manufacture. ❗️The boats, though small, directly participate in ensuring the safety of shipping. As a rule, important cargo is escorted by landing craft. Striking one CB90 will not particularly change the situation, but through methodical combat against Ukrainian vessels, results can be achieved. __And there is no need to use cruise missiles or anti-ship complexes for this in 2026 with the appearance of modernized "Gerans." And there are plenty of other weapons: it is enough to recall ready-made unmanned surface vehicles that have already been tested in combat. One just needs to start.__ [**High-resolution map**](https://i.ibb.co/xq6QpLyF/18-06.jpg) [**English version**](https://i.ibb.co/Y7KBp1Ty/18-06.jpg) __ __#Odesa #Russia #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) | ✉️ [**Zen**](https://dzen.ru/rybar) **💸**[**Support us**](https://qr.nspk.ru/BS1A0068ID10D33B9IBAQRQ4M9T0NIFN?type=01&bank=100000000008&crc=36CB)

Fighting reported in Crimea, Krym, Avtonomna Respublika, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 45, 34 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 5; average tone: -6.60714285714286. Source article: https://finchannel.com/crimeas-occupation-authorities-silence-air-raid-sirens-as-ukraine-tightens-its-grip-on-the-peninsula/131509/russian-invasion-of-ukraine/2026/06/

Fighting reported in Crimea, Krym, Avtonomna Respublika, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 45, 34 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 5; average tone: -6.60714285714286. Source article: https://finchannel.com/crimeas-occupation-authorities-silence-air-raid-sirens-as-ukraine-tightens-its-grip-on-the-peninsula/131509/russian-invasion-of-ukraine/2026/06/

Assault reported in Sumy, Sums'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 50.9216, 34.8003 GDELT CAMEO event code 18 (Assault); mentions: 4; average tone: -5.06329113924051. Source article: https://isp.netscape.com:443/pf/story/0001/20260618/0ee97c720e770c392067418f9cabcbba