As of the morning of August 18, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had still not submitted nominations to the Verkhovna Rada for the positions of defense minister and foreign minister.

On the night of August 18, 2026, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 147 Shahed-type strike UAVs (including jet-powered ones), Gerber UAVs, and "Parodiya"-type decoy drones.

More than 5,000 Russians were left without power following a drone attack on the Moscow Region.

Drone operators from the ‘Phoenix’ unit spotted a Russian infantryman in the Donetsk region who was moving through the area despite the presence of Ukrainian UAVs.

On the night of Monday, August 18, 2026, Moscow and the surrounding region came under a massive drone attack.

On the morning of August 18, 2026, Russian forces launched an attack on the Kyiv region using strike drones.

Two people were killed as a result of a Russian drone attack on a gardening community in Zaporizhzhia.

MiG-29 fighter crews from the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed one of the enemy’s crossing points, which the occupiers were using for logistical purposes.

Five people, including a 9-year-old boy, were injured as a result of an enemy attack on the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region.

Since the start of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian Defence Forces have wounded and killed 1,469,970 Russian occupiers.