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Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade and 88th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade seized Rai-Oleksandrivka (east of Slovyansk) on June 18.

Rai-Oleksandrivka, Donetsk Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Meduza Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN

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Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 88th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Russian Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) FAB-500 (weapon_system) Sloviansk (location) Kramatorsk (location) Mykolaivka (location) Donetsk region (location) Russia (organization) Mariupol (location) Pokrovsk (location) Voskresenka (location) Siversk (location) Novoivanivka (location) Maliivka (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Slovyansk direction (location) Ukrainian General Staff (organization) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Vosekresenka (location)

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Institute for the Study of War →

Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade and 88th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade seized Rai-Oleksandrivka (east of Slovyansk) on June 18.

Meduza →

as of June 18, the median range of strikes had not fallen — meaning the Ukrainian long-range campaign is continuing.

Ukrinform →

Russian forces dropped two 250-kilogram high-explosive aerial bombs (FAB-500) on Sloviansk.

Kyiv Independent →

Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast killed two people and injured four others.

Kyiv Post →

Russian forces recently marginally advanced in the Slovyansk direction.

UNIAN →

Ukrainian forces struck a weapons and military equipment staging area in the Siversk district on June 18, 2026.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.703Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-18-2026