On the night of August 18 (from 9:00 p.m. on August 17), the Russian forces launched four Iskander-M ballistic missiles (from the areas of Taganrog, Millerovo, Kursk) as well as 140 strike drones of the Shahed type and various types of loitering drones from the directions of Kursk, Orel, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Chauda (occupied Crimea).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, surface-to-air missile forces, electronic warfare units, drone units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary information, as of 9:00 a.m., air defense had shot down or suppressed 88 Shahed drones and various loitering drones across the north, south, east, and central regions of the country.
Russian missiles and strike drones hit 25 locations in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, and Kyiv regions.
