Russian night attack: Dnipro, Odesa, and western regions were targeted
18 May 07:57
On the night of May 17–18, Russian occupation forces launched a large-scale combined attack on Ukrainian territory. The enemy used strike drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. The southern, central, and western regions of the country came under attack. [Komersant] has compiled all the information about the shelling available as of this morning.
Attack on Dnipro: missiles, fires, and casualties
In Dnipro, the attack began on the evening of May 17 with strike drones and lasted several hours. Around 3 a.m., Russian forces fired ballistic and cruise missiles at the city.
According to preliminary reports, strikes were recorded in a residential neighborhood. Fires broke out in the city, including a burning roof of a high-rise building and a warehouse. People were trapped in one of the buildings due to the damage.
According to Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, 18 people were injured, including a 2-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy. The children are receiving outpatient treatment.
Eight people have been hospitalized. They include four women and four men. Medical professionals assess their condition as moderate. All victims are receiving the necessary care.
A fire broke out in the Dniprovskyi district. Private homes and cars were damaged. Two women were injured. One of them, a 76-year-old woman, was hospitalized.
In the Samarivskyi district, a house, an administrative building, and a car were on fire. An agricultural company was also damaged.
In Kryvyi Rih, a business and infrastructure have been damaged. Two men, aged 36 and 40, were injured. They were hospitalized in moderate condition.
In the Kam’yans’kyi district, homes and cars were damaged. A 74-year-old woman who was injured will receive outpatient treatment.
In the Synelnykivskyi district, homes were damaged. A 65-year-old man was hospitalized in moderate condition.
In the Nikopol region, the communities of Chervonohryhorivka, Myrivka, Pokrovka, and Marganets were affected. A gas station was damaged. Two women, aged 32 and 46, were injured. They will receive outpatient treatment.
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Odessa under drone attack: homes, a high school, and a kindergarten damaged
The Russians attacked Odesa after 1 a.m. Damage to residential buildings as well as civilian infrastructure—a local high school and a kindergarten—was reported in the city, according to Serhiy Lysak, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration.
Two people were injured in Odesa as a result of the drone strike— an 11-year-old boy and a 59-year-old man. The publication also reports that drones struck residential buildings, a school, and a kindergarten.
As a result of the enemy attack in the Kyiv and Primorsky districts of Odesa, UAV strikes were recorded on three residential buildings. One of them—a single-story house in the Primorsky district—was destroyed. The facades, roofs, and windows of the other buildings were damaged. Localized fires broke out but were quickly extinguished.
Emergency and utility services are working at the sites of the strikes.
Western Ukraine was attacked by “Shaheds”
Around 3 a.m., an air raid alert was issued for western regions of Ukraine due to the movement of attack drones.
According to reports from the Air Force, groups of drones entered the Khmelnytskyi region from the Vinnytsia region and were moving toward Starokostiantyniv. A series of explosions was heard in the region as air defense forces responded.
The explosions were also heard in Rivne. According to preliminary data, the drones were heading toward the Rivne region via the Zhytomyr region.
As of this morning, official details regarding the consequences of the attack in western Ukraine are still being clarified.
What was the nature of the Russian night attack?
The nighttime attack on May 18 was a combined operation. The Russians used several types of weapons at once:
- attack drones;
- cruise missiles;
- ballistic missiles.
Such attacks are particularly dangerous because the simultaneous use of different types of aerial targets complicates the work of air defense.
What is known about the casualties
As of this morning, there are reports of casualties in Dnipro and Odesa. In Dnipro, a child is among the wounded; in Odesa, an 11-year-old boy and a 59-year-old man.
The number of casualties may change as emergency services continue to work at the sites of the strikes.
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