Russia Attacks Ukraine With Missiles, Drones and Guided Aerial Bombs, Killing and Injuring Civilians

Reform.news Editorial Team · 17 October 2026, 10:45

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Overnight on October 17, Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as 332 attack drones. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 293 aerial targets.

Russian forces used Iskander-M and KN-23 ballistic missiles, Kh-22/32 and Kalibr cruise missiles, and various types of attack drones. Hits were recorded at 22 locations, while debris from downed targets fell at three other sites.

Russian attacks killed and injured people in several regions of Ukraine.

This morning, eight guided aerial bombs were dropped on the Sumy community, four of them hitting the regional capital. A residential area on the outskirts of Sumy was hit, and at least two people were injured. Search and rescue operations are ongoing. Another aerial bomb struck a high-rise residential building and fell into a body of water, the Sumy Regional Military Administration reported.

In the Kherson urban community, one person was killed and 13 others were injured, including two children. In Kherson, an airstrike injured a family of three: a 28-year-old woman, a 37-year-old man and a one-month-old infant. All three sustained blast injuries, closed traumatic brain injuries and acoustic trauma. They were taken to hospital in moderate condition, the Kherson City Military Administration reported.

An 11-year-old girl was injured in Kherson’s Korabelnyi district. A 64-year-old ambulance driver was killed in an airstrike.

In Zaporizhzhia, Russian forces struck an open area within a residential neighbourhood. Apartment buildings were damaged and cars caught fire. The number of injured rose to five, including a child, said Mykhailo Semikin, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.

In Dnipropetrovsk Region, Russian forces carried out nearly 20 attacks on three districts using missiles and drones. An industrial facility in Dnipro was damaged, and one person was killed. In Kryvyi Rih, an industrial facility came under attack and a fire broke out. A private house was damaged in the Zelenodolsk community. The Nikopol, Marhanets and Pokrovsk communities also came under fire, Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said.