2,621 Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages are still under control of the Russian invaders.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his video address.

“As of today (July 18 – Ed.), 1,028 settlements were liberated from the invaders. Another 2,621 are still controlled by the invaders,” Zelensky said in his address at the end of the 145th day of the full-scale war.

According to the President of Ukraine, it is increasingly difficult for the Russian army to maintain their positions on the occupied Ukrainian territory.

“Step by step, we advance, disrupt invaders’ supply chains, identify and neutralize collaborators. The prospect is obvious: the Ukrainian flag will be raised in all our cities and villages. It’s only a matter of time,” Zelensky emphasized.

The President stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to inflict ‘significant logistical losses’ on the occupiers.

As previously reported, artillerymen of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine neutralized two enemy 2S19 MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers.

A published video reveals the positions of the 152-mm self-propelled howitzers in open terrain and a forest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFsjlwvxTw

Ukrainian artillery fire was adjusted by a drone. After several shots, one Russian self-propelled howitzer caught fire and exploded, presumably detonating the ammunition.

Another self-propelled howitzer was at least seriously damaged.

Ukrainian Air Assault Forces Command noted that Ukrainian troops managed to destroy two enemy self-propelled howitzers.