Fires
On the night of July 18, drones attacked the Tambov region, causing a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Kotovsk. There are reports of dead and injured, but there is no official confirmation from the Russian authorities.
Smoke from forest fires in Canada has worsened air quality in Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, and other cities. There are 858 active fires recorded, 111 of which are uncontrolled.
In the municipality of Drammen in southeastern Norway, a fire has destroyed over 100 homes. The fire continues to spread, and hundreds of people have been evacuated.
Rescuers collected 317 cubic meters of petroleum products from Kyrylivske Lake after the Russian shelling on July 2. The pollution covered 20,600 square meters of water surface.
Over the past day, 229 combat engagements took place at the front. The enemy carried out 68 airstrikes, dropped 175 guided aerial bombs, and launched over 6,200 drones.
On Friday, a landslide occurred in Pengshui County on the outskirts of Chongqing, burying over 10 residential buildings. Ten people were rescued, two with serious injuries.
As a result of shelling in the Odesa district, industrial infrastructure was damaged. A warehouse building was destroyed with a fire, 13 cars were damaged, no casualties.
Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires has covered 18 US states and the District of Columbia. The worst situation is observed in Washington, where pollution is dangerous even for healthy people.
On the night of July 17, the Defense Forces struck military targets of the Russian Federation. Two tankers, the patrol ship "Svetlyak", an oil terminal, and the "Slavneft-Yanos" refinery were hit.
Numerous fires have broken out at the Kerch railway station, with warehouses and an oil depot burning. Fires have also been recorded on the Arabat Spit at the deployment sites of Russian soldiers.
As a result of a Russian missile attack on Odesa on July 16, a woman and a man were killed, nine people were injured, including two children. On July 17, a repeated attack injured two more men.
As a result of a missile attack on Odesa on July 16, two people were killed, eight were injured, including children. Residential buildings, a religious institution, and a preschool facility were damaged.
On the evening of July 16, the enemy attacked Odesa with missiles. At least 3 people were killed, six were injured, including three children.
As a result of an airstrike by Russian troops on Zaporizhzhia on July 16, three people were killed. Among the two wounded is a child, residential buildings were damaged.
A fire broke out at an orphanage near the capital of Algeria, resulting in the deaths of 11 children and injuries to 19 others. President Tebboune expressed condolences, while the causes of the fire have not been reported.
Russian troops struck Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs. Two people died, another is likely under the rubble.
Russian troops attacked an industrial infrastructure facility in Kryvyi Rih. There are no casualties, firefighting is ongoing.
The Russian airstrike on Kramatorsk damaged a food establishment and cars, causing a large-scale fire at an enterprise. Rescuers extinguished the fire over an area of 800 square meters, despite the threat of repeated shelling.
Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk and other settlements in Donetsk region, resulting in one person dead and eight wounded. An enemy KAB hit a Nova Poshta branch, but employees were in a shelter.
Rescuers extinguished fires in the Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts of Kyiv after the russian attack. As a result of the shelling, two men were killed, five were injured.
As a result of the night attack by Russian troops with ballistic missiles on Kyiv, two people were killed and six more were wounded. Among the wounded is a 16-year-old boy, three were hospitalized.
On the night of July 16, drones attacked the Russian cities of Saratov and Engels. In Engels, after the explosions, there were problems with electricity supply and a fire due to the work of air defense.
On the night of July 16, Russian troops attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Explosions occurred in the city and a large fire broke out.
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A fire broke out in a one-story administrative building in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv. 60 rescuers localized the fire over an area of 800 square meters without casualties.
Rescuers of Kyiv region extinguished a forest floor fire in the Chornobyl exclusion zone. The radiation background during extinguishing remained within normal limits.
Russians struck the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv with a KAB, injuring 9 people. They also attacked energy workers' vehicle with a drone in Yuriivka, injuring three workers.
The head of state stated that Ukrainian drones are striking oil refineries and infrastructure of the Russian Federation. He emphasized that there are no coordinates unattainable for Ukrainian justice.
In Odesa, as a result of a missile strike, three people were killed, three more were injured. A multi-story building, a gas pipeline, and a warehouse of an enterprise were damaged; the Russian Federation again struck a gas station.
In the Pryluky district, as a result of the fall of enemy drones, a man born in 1989 died. Also, due to the Russian attack, a fire broke out on the territory of the enterprise.