Highway M18 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kharkiv to the southern coast of Crimea in Yalta.Ukraine International Highways in Russian 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.European Highways in Russian 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.
Main route
Main route and connections to/intersections with other highways in Ukraine.
Marker Main settlements Notes Highway Interchanges0 kmKharkiv • NovoselivkaHubynykhaPishchanka (Novomoskovsk)Zaporizhzhia • MelitopolChonhar StraitOne of three road bridges to the Crimean peninsulaDzhankoiSimferopol • 682 kmYalta
See also
Roads in Ukraine Ukraine Highways International E-road network Pan-European corridors
References
External links International Roads in Ukraine in Russian European Roads in Russian