Ukraine’s air force said Russia attacked from the evening of Saturday, October 17 with one Iskander-M ballistic missile, launched from Russia’s Voronezh region, and 180 strike drones launched from Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia and from occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The air force said air defences had shot down or suppressed 152 drones by 08:00 on Sunday, Kyiv time, including 16 jet-powered Shaheds, and that missile or drone hits were recorded at 20 locations and falling debris at four more. It said the attack was still under way at that hour, with about ten drones still in Ukrainian airspace.
Russia fires missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight
Ukraine's air force said Russia attacked from Saturday evening with one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 180 strike drones, that air defences neutralised 152 drones, and that hits were recorded at 20 locations, with the attack still under way on Sunday morning.
Why it matters: The barrage is the second large overnight drone and missile attack on Ukraine in two nights, after Friday night's 332-drone attack blacked out Vinnytsia, and it landed the same night as the claimed 135-drone Ukrainian attack on Leningrad region.
Data as of Sunday, October 18, 2026, 01:41 ET. Developing item. Via Ukrainska Pravda, in Ukrainian, read in full: the missile and drone counts, the interception figure and the hit locations are the Ukrainian Air Force's account, published on its Telegram channel. Ukraine is a party to the war and no independent source in the reporting opened corroborates the counts, hence grade C. The air force said the attack was still under way at 08:00 Kyiv time, with about ten drones still in Ukrainian airspace.
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- Attack with a missile and drones on Ukraine: 152 drones shot down, hits at 20 locations (in Ukrainian) · Ukrainska Pravda, reporting the Ukrainian Air Force · 2026-10-18