The UK Department of Defense published an updated map of hostilities in Ukraine for Wednesday, May 18.
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The Russian invaders continue to concentrate their offensive actions in the Donetsk and Slavyansk directions, exercising fire influence along the line of collision.
In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian invaders are defending themselves, and in the Bryansk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation they are simply demonstrating their presence.
The Russian army is doing everything to pin down Ukrainian units along the longest possible front line.. This is clearly seen in the north of Ukraine, bordering the Kursk and Bryansk regions of the Russian Federation..