About 18 targets out of 19: In air forces reported details of the night attack on Ukraine

The Russians launched three rockets and 16 drones in Ukraine. Two rockets were knocked down over the Dnipropetrovsk region. On the night of July 18, 2024, the Russians struck 16 shock UAVs of "Shahd-131/136" from Kursk region and three managed aviation missiles from southern direction: two-X-59/X-69 and one X-35. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces. It is noted that in general, radio technical troops were identified and accompanied by 19 air purposes.

Mobile fire groups of Ukraine's defense forces, anti -aircraft missile units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and radio -electronic wrestling units were involved in the reflection of the air attack. As a result, the Ukrainian defenders of the sky were affected by all 16 "Shahaned" and two managed aviation missiles X-59 in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhia, Kyiv and Kharkiv regions.

According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Ova Sergey Lisak, the units of the East PEC were destroyed above the region of 2 missiles and 5 "Shahmed". The head of the Zaporizhzhya Ova Ivan Fedorov did not publish details about the night attack, giving a general "summary" for the past day. "196 UAVs of various modifications attacked Guliaypole, Novoandriivka, a robot, a small Tokmachka, Levadne, Malynivka, Novodanilovka and Uspenivka," he said.

In addition, as a result of Russian attacks on the Pologovsky district, three people were injured, including two children. In the Kremenchug district, a civilian house and yard were damaged. According to preliminary information, without the victims, the head of the Poltava region Philip Pronin informed. The head of Kharkiv region Oleg Synigubov and the head of the Kiev Ova Ruslan Kravchenko also did not inform the details of the attacks of the Russians.

Instead, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko warned the explosions on the left bank of the capital and the operation of the air defense. According to him, there was a fall in the fragments of enemy UAV after beating in the Darnytskyi district. The damage was not detected. We will remind, earlier Focus wrote how one of the brigades of the STSU used UAV to knock down the Russian reconnaissance drone.