Satellite images have captured the destruction of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft at theEngels airfield in the Saratov Region of the Russian Federation.

The Security Service of Ukraine has carried out successful strikes against the ‘Avero’, a tanker belonging to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, in the Black Sea, as well as against three oil depots in the Stavropol Krai of the Russian Federation.

Serhiy Filimonov, commander of the ‘Da Vinci Wolves’ battalion, has reported that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, has issued him with a reprimand.

During the Russian Federation’s nighttime attack on Kyiv, the capital’s Lukyanivka district was once again hit.

One person has been killed and a further eight injured as a result of the Russian Federation’s nighttime attack on Kyiv. Russian forces struck the capital with ballistic missiles.

On Saturday, 18 July, Russian occupying forces carried out strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the Odesa region. There has been one fatality, and several people have been injured.

On the evening of Saturday, 18 July, protests are continuing in several Ukrainian cities against the resignation of Mykhailo Fedorov as Minister of Defence.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to protests in cities across Ukraine calling for Mykhailo Fedorov to remain in his post as Minister of Defence.

Former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has thanked Ukrainians for their support, as they have been taking to the streets for the third day running to demand his reinstatement as head of the Ministry of Defence.

On the evening of 18 July, a protest is taking place in Kyiv for the third day running, demanding that Mykhailo Fedorov be reinstated as Minister of Defence. Protesters are also calling for the dismissal of Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.