Russia's attack on Ukraine on February 18 — first details

Russia carried out a new air attack with drones of various types from six directions at once: Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russia, TOT Crimea. It began on the evening of February 17.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in the destruction of enemy targets.

As of 09:00, it was confirmed that 103 Shahed attack UAVs and drones of other types were shot down in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

The Ukrainian Air Force reports that 67 enemy drones have been lost in the air. No negative consequences have been recorded yet.

That night, the Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Cherkasy regions came under enemy attack.