Explosions
Moldovan border guards recorded at least three drones near the border with Odesa Oblast. In Ukraine, the site of an explosion and debris were discovered.
Satellites recorded thermal anomalies near Strilkove. The causes of the fires and a possible strike on Russian facilities have not yet been confirmed.
In Sloviansk, an airstrike injured three people and caused a fire at an enterprise. An apartment caught fire in Kramatorsk district.
Russian drones struck Balakliia twice, killing four people and injuring four others. The prosecutor’s office is investigating war crimes.
Russian attack drones damaged nine civilian facilities in four districts of the Kyiv region. The alert lasted almost continuously.
Russia launched two Tsirkon missiles and 174 drones. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 141 targets, but hits were recorded at 15 locations.
In Sumy, two city council employees were killed in an enemy strike on a high-rise building. Eight people were injured, including two children.
Russian forces struck a private house in Balakliia. According to preliminary data, two people were killed, and search-and-rescue operations are ongoing.
In Bucha district, two men were injured in a drone attack. Warehouses were damaged, and a fire broke out in one of them.
A Russian aerial bomb struck between the third and fourth floors of a building in Sumy. Four people, including a child, were rescued; two were killed.
Russia attacked Sumy with guided aerial bombs after 9:00 p. m. Houses were damaged in the Kovpakivskyi district, and five people, including a child, were injured.
The Russians attacked Sumy and the surrounding areas with guided aerial bombs. People may be trapped under the rubble of the damaged high-rise building.
Two 14-year-old students and the shooter were killed at a school in the southern Philippines. Several injured people were taken to hospital, and an investigation is underway.
As a result of the Russian attack on an administrative building in central Odesa, 10 people were injured, including two rescuers. More than 70 firefighters worked to deal with the aftermath.
The aircraft crashed during a training flight in Grand Traverse County. The pilot survived, while two sheriff's employees were hospitalized with injuries.
Two residents of Lviv region are suspected of a terrorist attack near the Stryi Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center, where a serviceman was seriously wounded. Two more IEDs were found in one of their homes.
The Russian army struck the center of Odesa, injuring five people. An administrative building was damaged, and the fire engulfed several floors.
In Kohat, a suicide attacker rammed a car into a police station, after which the attackers opened fire. 16 people were killed.
Russia attacked a commuter train in the Kharkiv region. Two passengers were seriously injured during the evacuation.
Due to Russian attacks on the railway, trains are running with delays. The longest delay is 11 hours and 39 minutes.
Russian drones attacked the Fastiv district on September 18. Five people were injured, and houses and a car were damaged.
In the Vorozhbyanska community, a teenager detonated an explosive device. He died in hospital from severe injuries sustained.
Two Russian strikes were recorded in a neighborhood of Balakliia. Houses and outbuildings were damaged; there were no casualties.
A shopping center was destroyed in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a Russian attack. A large-scale fire broke out there on the evening of September 17; there are preliminarily no casualties.
In Kyiv’s Podilskyi district, a drone struck a non-residential building, and a man was hospitalized. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, debris fell near a school.
On the evening of September 17, Russian forces attacked a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia. A large-scale fire broke out; according to preliminary data, there were no casualties.
Russia attacked five districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times. Three people were killed and five others injured, and fires broke out.
The SBU detained two suspects in the explosion near the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center in Mykolaiv of the Stryi district, Lviv region. One serviceman was hospitalized in moderate condition.
In Zaporizhzhia, an FPV drone damaged an ambulance and injured a paramedic and the driver. The number of people injured on the bus has risen to five, with one in serious condition.
An explosion of an unidentified device occurred near the Stryi District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center in Mykolaiv. A serviceman was hospitalized in moderate condition.