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Two people were killed and six others injured in a Russian attack on Ukraine overnight on October 18. In Zaporizhzhia, a 27-year-old woman was killed and two other people were injured. In Poltava, one person was killed and four others were injured. Russian forces also damaged residential buildings, an educational institution and cars.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, from 18:00 on October 17, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with one Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from Russia’s Voronezh Region and 180 attack drones of various types. These included Shahed drones, including 26 jet-powered models, S-8000 Bandrol/Dan-T drones, Gerbera drones and Parodiya decoy drones.
The drones were launched from the Russian regions of Oryol, Bryansk and Kursk, from Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as from occupied parts of Donetsk Region and Crimea. According to preliminary data as of 08:00 on October 18, Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 152 Shahed, Gerbera and other types of drones. These included 16 jet-powered Shahed drones.
Hits by aerial weapons were recorded at 20 locations. Debris from downed drones fell at four other sites.
According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, a 27-year-old woman was killed in Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia overnight. Two other female residents of the city were injured: a 58-year-old woman and a 16-year-old teenager. The injured received medical assistance.
Two four-storey residential buildings, an educational institution and 18 cars were damaged in the city. Rescuers searched the area to check whether anyone else remained trapped under the rubble or inside damaged buildings. Municipal services began restoration work.
In Poltava, a Russian strike damaged private houses. A fire broke out in one of them and was extinguished by rescuers. One person was killed and four others were injured in the attack. Emergency Service canine units worked at the scene, while the agency’s psychologists provided assistance to residents of the damaged houses.