Explosions
Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 65 drones at Ukraine overnight. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 58 targets, but hits were recorded at 10 locations.
On August 17, unknown individuals detonated smoke grenades near buildings in Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi District. There were no casualties; the police seized the remains of the pyrotechnics.
The Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart sentenced a Ukrainian to 1 year and 3 months in prison for planning arson attacks commissioned by Russian intelligence. Two other defendants were acquitted.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to Russia's attack on a busy intersection in Pechenihy, Kharkiv region, which killed 10 people. He promised an inevitable response to the strike.
At night, the enemy attacked civilian infrastructure in the Kyiv region. In Brovary district, an office building, warehouse premises, and a private house were damaged; there were no casualties.
In temporarily occupied Sevastopol, fires broke out at military equipment warehouses in Alsu and near the Kirovskoye airfield following a nighttime drone attack. The fires were detected in satellite imagery; there is currently no information about the damage.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russian occupiers have damaged or destroyed 88 stadiums in Ukraine, 14 of which have been completely destroyed. Direct losses to sports infrastructure are estimated at $4 billion.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that a Russian "Banderol" drone from Odesa Oblast crossed the border into Moldova. An explosion occurred in the Talmaza area, vegetation caught fire, and there were no casualties.
Specialists have completed deciphering the flight recorder of the Su-24M that crashed in the Khmelnytskyi region. According to the data, elements of the control system on the left wing failed, with final conclusions to follow after the examinations.
The enemy struck the Bohdanivka community in Pavlohrad district, causing a fire. A 52-year-old man was killed, and another 47-year-old man was injured.
On the night of August 17, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck Russian military targets. A UAV storage site in Hvardiiske, the "Orion" station in Novofedorivka, and repeaters were hit.
SBU counterintelligence officers prevented a series of terrorist attacks in Odesa Oblast by detaining a 27-year-old agent of the Russian Federation. At the enemy’s direction, the woman made three explosive devices and planned to blow up a vehicles belonging to the Defense Forces.
As a result of Russia's attack on the Poltava region, three industrial enterprises in two districts were affected. There were no fatalities or casualties, and the fires have been extinguished.
Today, as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv, the office and part of "Laboratory's" warehouses in Pochaїna were damaged; the team was not injured.
Enemy drones are attacking Kryvyi Rih; the city is once again under attack by Shahed drones. An emergency rescue operation has begun, and there are still UAVs in the air.
The Nash Format office near the Pochaina metro station was damaged in Russia's overnight attack. The publishing house is not launching a fundraiser, urging people to show their support by purchasing books instead. The Russians also destroyed the largest book market, Petrivka.
Five people were injured as a result of the Russian attack on the Odesa suburbs, and four were hospitalized. Two residential buildings were destroyed; efforts to deal with the aftermath are ongoing.
Rescuers have completed search operations at the site of a destroyed building in Kramatorsk, finding the body of a man born in 1966. A total of 107 tonnes of structural debris were cleared.
During the night of August 16, a Spanish F-18 fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered Romanian airspace from the direction of Moldova. The debris fell in an uninhabited area of Galați County.
On August 15, Russian forces killed one person in Raihorodok in Donetsk region. Six more people in the region were injured during the day.
In Russia's Moscow region, the Wildberries warehouse in Koledino and the "Northern Domodedovo" logistics complex came under attack. Russian authorities have not yet responded to reports of the attack.
As a result of the enemy's nighttime attack on Kryvyi Rih, one person was killed and the number of injured has risen to six. The Russians attacked two industrial enterprises, and the injured are under doctors' supervision.
As a result of the nighttime ballistic attack on Kyiv, one person was injured. Fires broke out in the Obolonskyi and Holosiivskyi districts due to debris falling.
On the night of August 16, Kyiv came under an air attack. A non-residential building caught fire in the Obolonskyi district.
On the night of August 16, Russian forces carried out a combined attack on Kryvyi Rih, striking two industrial facilities. Rescuers are extinguishing the fire; information about casualties is being clarified.
A large-scale fire broke out at the "Galaktika" shopping center in temporarily occupied Donetsk on the evening of August 15. The fire occurred after a drone attack.
On the evening of August 15, a Russian drone struck the grounds of a farm in Hrizne, Zaporizhzhia district. Hangars containing machinery were damaged, a fire broke out, and a 61-year-old man was injured.
A gun buyback program has been launched in New South Wales, offering compensation of up to 10,000 Australian dollars. This follows the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, where 15 people were killed.
Since the beginning of summer, 474 people suspected of intentional or accidental arson have been detained in France. Fires have also affected Croatia, Germany, Greece, and Spain.
During the day on August 15, Russian forces attacked a residential building in Novodmytrivka, Kherson region, with a drone. As a result of the strike, a 49-year-old man was killed.