Highway M18 (Ukraine)

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Highway M18
Автошлях М18
Route information
Part of E105
Length682.6 km (424.1 mi)
731.6 km (454.6 mi) with access roads
Major junctions
North end M 03 / M 20 in Kharkiv
Major intersections M 30 in Novomoskovsk
M 14 in Melitopol
M 17 in Dzhankoy
South end H 19 in Yalta
Location
CountryUkraine
OblastsKharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea
Highway system
← M 17→ M 19
A roadside cafe on M18 near Melitopol

Highway M18 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kharkiv to the southern coast of Crimea in Yalta.[1] The highway is also has an alternative route (M29) which runs parallel and designed as an expressway between Kharkiv and Novomoskovsk. The section from Novomoskovsk to Yalta is part of European route E105.[2] The section from Kharkiv to Krasnohrad was previously P51.

The section between Yalta and the border of Crimea belongs to Crimea which has been annexed by Russia in 2014. Russia refers to the section in Crimea as 35A-002. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia took direct control of the whole section of the road in Kherson Oblast and a part of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast section. The highway stretch between Melitopol and Simferopol is part of what has been dubbed the Highway of Death in 2026, due to frequent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian military vehicles.[3]

Main route

Main route and connections to/intersections with other highways in Ukraine.

MarkerMain settlementsNotesHighway Interchanges
0 km Kharkiv M 20 • M 03
Novoselivka M 29
Hubynykha M 29
Pishchanka (Novomoskovsk) M 30
Zaporizhzhia H 08 • H 15
Melitopol M 14
Chonhar Strait One of three road bridges to the Crimean peninsula
Dzhankoi M 17
Simferopol H 05 • H 06
682 km Yalta H 19

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ukraine International Highways in Russian
  2. ↑ European Highways in Russian
  3. ↑ Beaumont, Peter (11 June 2026). "'Highway of death': the Ukrainian drone campaign menacing Russian logistics". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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