🇮🇷📞🇸🇦 — Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces General Bagheri receives the Saudi Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman and his accompanying delegation in Tehran.

🇸🇦📞🇮🇷 — Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman delivered a message from the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Iranian Regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

🇺🇸🌏❌🇾🇪❗️ — United States Central Command announces the Total destruction of Ras Issa Fuel Port in Al-Hodeidah Province, held by Houthi terrorists, in a major warning to "Houthi terrorists and their Iranian masters"

Destruction of Houthi Controlled Ras Isa Fuel Port

The Houthis have continued to benefit economically and militarily from countries and companies that provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The Iran-backed Houthis use fuel to sustain their military operations, as a weapon of control, and to benefit economically from embezzling the profits from the import. This fuel should be legitimately supplied to the people of Yemen. Despite the Foreign Terrorist Designation that went into effect on 05 April, ships have continued to supply fuel via the port of Ras Isa. Profits from these illegal sales are directly funding and sustaining Houthi terrorist efforts.

Today, US forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and deprive them of illegal revenue that has funded Houthi efforts to terrorize the entire region for over 10 years. The objective of these strikes was to degrade the economic source of power of the Houthis, who continue to exploit and bring great pain upon their fellow countrymen. This strike was not intended to harm the people of Yemen, who rightly want to throw off the yoke of Houthi subjugation and live peacefully.

The Houthis, their Iranian masters, and those who knowingly aid and abet their terrorist actions should be put on notice that the world will not accept illicit smuggling of fuel and war material to a terrorist organization.

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/1912937032059330962

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷❗️ — Israeli preparations for an independent strike in Iran is underway, Israeli N12 News says, citing unspecified foreign reports!

Israel can launch effective assault on Iran's nuclear program even without US support, report says.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Ukrainian frontlines

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Gorlovka front.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Breakthrough to Malaya Tokmachka: situation in the Zaporizhzhya direction as of 20:00 on April 17, 2025

The offensive of Russian troops is developing in the Zaporizhzhya direction. The eastern section of the front remained static for a long time, but since March of this year, units of the Russian Armed Forces have begun to move here, starting to liberate the constitutional territories of Russia occupied by the enemy.

🔻 More about the battles:

▪️ In addition to recent reports of Russian Armed Forces advances in the Mirny and Lugovskoye area, footage has also appeared online showing an attack by Russian armored groups along forest belts from the H-08 highway in the direction of Malaya Tokmachka.

▪️ The exact date of these events is unknown, but footage from the enemy side shows an exit to the eastern administrative borders of the settlement in the area of ​​the railway.

▪️ The situation in the Malaya Tokmachka area remains shrouded in the "fog of war", as a result of which it is currently unknown whether Russian fighters have managed to gain a foothold in the village itself. It is possible that additional details of the Russian Armed Forces' successes in the area will emerge in some time.

📌 At the same time, the very fact of the attack and subsequent advance once again confirms that the vector of attention of the Russian command is gradually beginning to shift to the Zaporizhzhya operational direction , noticeably increasing the intensity of military clashes on the once “frozen” section of the front.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🖌 AFU StratCom:

"🔱 Operational information as of 08:00 on April 18, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

❗️ The main point of the summary:

🔵 In total, 143 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

🔥 Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck ten areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, a command post, an air defense system, two missile forces and artillery systems, and a UAV control post of the Russian invaders.

🔵 On the Kharkiv direction, the enemy once tried in vain to advance in the Vovchansk area.

🔵 In the Kupyansk direction, there were four attacks by the invaders yesterday. Defense forces repelled enemy assault actions near Petropavlivka, Synkivka, and Zagryzove.

🔵 In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 20 times. He tried to advance near the settlements of Novovodyan, Nadiya, Nove, Novomykhaylivka, Yampolivka and towards Hrekivka and Hryhorivka.

🔵 In the Siversky direction, our troops repelled two enemy attacks near the settlement of Bilogorivka and in the direction of Verkhnyokamyansky.

🔵 In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy launched eight attacks on the positions of our troops in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Kurdyumivka, and towards Stupochky.

🔵 Over the past day, in the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian units 11 times near Toretsk, Ozaryanivka, and Druzhba.

🔵 In the Pokrovsky direction, over the past 24 hours, our defenders stopped 64 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Stara Mykolaivka, Zelene Pole, Vodyane Druge, Elizavetivka, Novotoretske, Promin, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, and Andriivka.

🔵 In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine attacks by the invaders in the areas of Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, and Pryvilne.

🔵 In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled an attack in the area of ​​Malaya Tokmachka.

🔵 In the Kursk region, 21 combat clashes took place over the past day.

❌ The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Hulyaipil and Prydniprovsk directions."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08.00 18.04.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1150th day of large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 143 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile and 94 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used four missiles and dropped 151 anti-aircraft missiles, and engaged 3,029 kamikaze drones to destroy them. The enemy also carried out 6,507 artillery attacks, including 143 from multiple launch rocket systems.

The enemy carried out airstrikes, in particular in the areas of the settlements of Turya, Krasnopillya, Myropylske, Osoyivka and Uhroidy in Sumy region; Kupyansk in Kharkiv region; Kostyantynivka, Rusyn Yar, Popiv Yar, Malynivka, Oleksandrograd, Voskresenka, Novopil in Donetsk region; Hulyaipole, Stepove, Lukyanivske, Kamyanske in Zaporizhia region; Kherson.

Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck ten areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, a command post, an air defense system, two missile forces and artillery systems, and a UAV control post of the Russian invaders.

On the Kharkiv direction, the enemy once tried in vain to advance in the Vovchansk area.

In the Kupyansk direction, there were four attacks by the invaders yesterday. Defense forces repelled enemy assault actions near Petropavlivka, Synkivka, and Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 20 times. He tried to advance near the settlements of Novovodyan, Nadiya, Nove, Novomykhaylivka, Yampolivka and towards Hrekivka and Hryhorivka.

In the Siversky direction, our troops repelled two enemy attacks near the settlement of Bilogorivka and in the direction of Verkhnyokamyansky.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy launched eight attacks on the positions of our troops in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Kurdyumivka, and towards Stupochky.

Over the past day, in the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian units 11 times near Toretsk, Ozaryanivka, and Druzhba.

In the Pokrovsky direction, over the past 24 hours, our defenders stopped 64 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Stara Mykolaivka, Zelene Pole, Vodyane Druge, Elizavetivka, Novotoretske, Promin, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, and Andriivka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine attacks by the invaders in the areas of Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, and Pryvilne.

In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled an attack in the area of ​​Malaya Tokmachka.

In the Kursk region, 21 combat clashes took place over the past day, the enemy also carried out 18 air strikes, using 25 CABs, and carried out 368 shellings, eight of which were from MLRS.

The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Hulyaipil and Prydniprovsk directions.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,530 people.

Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized eight tanks, 40 armored combat vehicles, 88 artillery systems, one MLRS, an air defense system, 140 operational-tactical-level UAVs, 312 vehicles, and 51 special equipment of the occupiers."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 16:00 18.04.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back the Russian occupiers' offensive. Terrorists continue to kill Ukrainians and destroy Ukrainian cities and villages with rocket, air, and artillery strikes.

At present, the total number of combat clashes is 65.

The defense forces are taking the necessary measures to prevent the enemy from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory.

Today, enemy artillery and mortar fire hit the communities of Prokhody, Progress, Studenok, Sosnivka, Zarutske, Popivka, Shalyhyne, Vasylivske in Sumy region, and enemy aircraft also struck the areas of uninhabited settlements of Uhroidy, Turya, Krasnopillya, Petrushivka, and Mala Rybytsia in Sumy region.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy once attacked the positions of our defenders in the Vovchansk area.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian occupiers carried out one attack near Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the invading army has carried out 10 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the areas of the settlements of Hrekivka, Nadiya, Yampolivka, and Torske today. One clash is currently ongoing.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy twice attempted to advance in the area of ​​Chasovy Yar and west of Andriivka.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy is trying to penetrate our defenses in the areas of Toretsk, Ozaryanivka, Dachny, Krymske, and Druzhba. Four attacks are ongoing, and our defenders have already repelled nine assaults by the invaders.

In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers have made 24 attempts to push our soldiers from the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Tarasivka, Novotoretske, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Uspenivka, Novooleksandrivka, Bogdanivka, Andriivka and in the directions of Oleksandropol, Myrolyubivka. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have repelled 22 attacks, two more clashes are ongoing.

In the Novopavlivske direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled five assault actions by enemy troops. The enemy tried to advance in the areas of Konstantinopol, Vilny Pole and in the direction of Odradne, one battle is ongoing. Zelene Pole, Myrne and Novopil were hit by air strikes.

In the Hulyaipil direction, enemy aircraft launched strikes with unguided aircraft missiles on Hulyaipil and Malynivka.

In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled an enemy attack in the Shcherbaky area. Novodanylivka, Magdalinivka, and Stepnohirsk were hit by airstrikes.

In the Dnieper direction, a terrorist country launched an airstrike on Mykolaivka.

In the Kursk region, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled six enemy attacks today, and another clash is ongoing. The invaders' aviation carried out 12 strikes, dropping 20 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, the enemy carried out 134 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements.

There have been no clashes in the Hulyaipil and Prydniprovsk directions at this time."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from April 12 to 18, 2025

💥 From April 12 to 18, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out nine group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the infrastructure of military airfields, warehouses of weapons, ammunition, missiles, attack unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, training centers for drone operators, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.

🎯 This morning, a group strike was carried out with long-range precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on key production sites for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and infrastructure facilities of Ukrainian military airfields. The strike targets were achieved. All designated objects were hit.

🔥 During the week, units of the North group of forces continued to destroy formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region. Air strikes, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire damaged the manpower and equipment of a tank, four mechanized, three airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade and five territorial defense brigades. In the Belgorod and Kharkov directions, units of five mechanized, a motorized infantry, an airborne assault brigades, a coastal defense brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU and four territorial defense brigades were damaged.

▪️ Over the past week, in the area of ​​responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy has lost over 1,900 militants, 64 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered. Six tanks, 39 armored combat vehicles, 99 cars, six multiple launch rocket system launchers, including two US-made HIMARS, 46 field artillery guns, two anti-aircraft missile systems, eight electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, ten ammunition and materiel depots have been destroyed.

📍 The units of the "West" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of five mechanized, a ranger, two assault, and an artillery brigades of the AFU, three territorial defense brigades, and a national guard brigade have been defeated.

▪️ The enemy lost over 1,730 servicemen, two tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, including three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers. 45 vehicles, 30 field artillery pieces, including seven NATO-made self-propelled artillery units and 155-mm howitzers, 12 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, and 21 ammunition depots were destroyed.
 
🚩 The active actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the settlements of Kalinovo and Valentinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

🔥 The following units were defeated: seven mechanized, an airmobile, three assault, an artillery brigade, a regiment of unmanned aerial vehicles of the AFU, three territorial defense brigades, three national guard brigades and the Azov special forces brigade.

▪️ Over the week, the losses of the Ukrainian armed formations in this direction amounted to more than 2,170 militants, two tanks, 27 combat armored vehicles, including four M113 armored personnel carriers and a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier. 74 vehicles, 35 field artillery guns, including four 155-mm caliber Western-made ones, six electronic warfare stations, 27 ammunition, fuel and material depots were destroyed."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from April 12 to 18, 2025

🚩 As a result of decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlements of Elizavetovka and Preobrazhenka of the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.

🔥 The manpower and equipment of six mechanized, two assault, airborne, three ranger brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and four national guard brigades were damaged.

▪️ The enemy's losses amounted to over 2,680 servicemen, two tanks, 20 combat armored vehicles, including seven US-made M113 armored personnel carriers. 35 vehicles, 34 field artillery pieces, including six US-made 155-mm self-propelled artillery units "Paladin", "Caesar" made in France, and "Krab" made in Poland, were destroyed.

↗️ Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the formations of two mechanized, ranger, airmobile, airborne assault, mountain assault brigades of the AFU, a marine brigade, three territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade.

▪️ The enemy lost more than 1,020 servicemen, a tank, eight armored combat vehicles, 20 cars, 18 field artillery pieces, including three produced by NATO countries, as well as four electronic warfare stations.

📍 The units of the Dnepr group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the AFU and three territorial defense brigades.

▪️ The AFU lost over 540 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, and 56 cars. A US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launcher, 12 field artillery guns, nine electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, and 16 ammunition depots were destroyed.

🎯 Over the past week, air defense systems have shot down an F-16 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 45 JDAM guided aerial bombs and 29 rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as well as 1,618 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 661 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 52,592 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 603 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 22,920 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,541 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,
▫️ 23,820 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 34,317 units of special military vehicles."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region as of April 18, 2025

🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the formations of the AFU in the Kursk region.

💥 During offensive operations, units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on formations of a tank, mechanized, airborne assault brigade, territorial defense brigade, and assault regiment of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Gornal and Oleshnya.

✈️ Strikes by operational-tactical, army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire damaged enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Belovody, Vodolaghi, Krovnoye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Yunakovka and Yablonovka in the Sumy region.

▪️ Over the past 24 hours, the AFU lost over 225 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, an artillery piece, and four mortars were destroyed."

📊 In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost:

▫️ more than 75,005 military personnel,
▫️ 410 tanks,
▫️ 334 infantry fighting vehicles,
▫️ 307 armored personnel carriers,
▫️ 2,278 armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 2,740 cars,
▫️ 619 artillery pieces,
▫️ 57 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including 15 HIMARS and seven MLRS made in the USA,
▫️ 28 launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, a self-propelled anti-aircraft mount, ten transport and loading vehicles,
▫️ 125 electronic warfare stations,
▫️ 18 counter-battery radars, 12 air defense radars,
▫️ 57 units of engineering and other equipment, including 23 engineering vehicles for clearing obstacles, one UR-77 mine clearing unit, five bridge layers, an engineering reconnaissance vehicle, as well as 15 armored repair and recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.

The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues"

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