Over the past week, Russia has launched nearly 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 66 missiles at Ukraine, most of them ballistic missiles.

A Russian drone has struck a minibus on the Velykyi Burluk-Nova Oleksandrivka road in the Kharkiv region, injuring two people.

Russian forces have attacked a critical infrastructure facility in Dnipro.

Russian forces have attacked Odesa, damaging an apartment building and injuring a child.

Units of Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a Russian attack drone launch site, a repair base for motor vehicles and armored combat vehicles, and a concentration of Russian troops in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories on October 17 and overnight into October 18.

Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized a Russian drone over Malekhiv in the Lviv region, causing a warehouse building to catch fire.

In the Kharkiv region, 12 people were injured over the past day as a result of Russian shelling. The enemy shelled Kharkiv and nine settlements in the region.

A Russian drone struck an energy facility in the village of Staryi Vyshnivets in the Ternopil region, leaving some consumers without power.

Russian troops shelled the Liubetsk community in the Chernihiv region, injuring a woman.

In Sloviansk, efforts to recover bodies from under the rubble of buildings damaged by a Russian airstrike have resumed. The work had been suspended overnight due to security concerns.

On the night of October 18 in St. Petersburg, a fire broke out at an oil terminal following a drone attack.

Russian troops launched a massive strike on civilian infrastructure in Rivne this morning.

Two people were killed and five others injured in Russian attacks on the Sumy region over the past 24 hours.

Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 10 times since the evening, injuring three people.

Air defense forces neutralized 152 out of the 180 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of October 17.

The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 18, 2026, amount to approximately 1,565,060 personnel, including 2,090 troops over the past 24 hours.

Calls urging Ukrainians to send photos and videos of the aftermath of enemy drone strikes via a special chatbot in exchange for money are another trap set by the intelligence services of the aggressor state.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has gathered evidence against five more Russian servicemen allegedly involved in the killing of three Ukrainian prisoners of war in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, in the summer of 2024.

Critical infrastructure was damaged in a Russian air attack on the Vinnytsia region, while emergency power outages have been introduced across the region.

A residential building in Zaporizhzhia was hit; a young woman was killed and two other people were injured.

One person was killed and at least four others were injured in a Russian drone attack on Poltava, while private homes were damaged.

Journalists have identified 281,753 Russian military personnel killed since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, 15,721 more than were known two weeks ago.

Russian invaders launched a missile strike on Kharkiv, injuring three people.

Two F-16 fighter jets of the Romanian Air Force shot down two drones on Saturday evening that had illegally entered Romanian airspace over the Black Sea.

In the Chernihiv region, nearly 19,000 customers were left without power due to Russian shelling of an energy facility.

An energy facility in the Ternopil region was struck again by a Russian attack.

On October 17, Russian troops attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 30 times, resulting in three people being wounded.

One person was killed and 40 others, including three children, were injured in Russian attacks on the Kherson region on October 17.

Russian commanders have ordered their troops to capture Orikhiv, Preobrazhenka and Tavriiske in the Zaporizhzhia region by the end of October. However, Russian forces have been unable to establish a foothold in Orikhiv, and their reports claiming to have cleared the city of Ukrainian defenders are false.

Law enforcement authorities have launched a pre-trial investigation into the execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers by Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia region.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said signal repeaters are operating in Belarus to help Russian drones reach western Ukraine, but Vladimir Putin wants to go further and deploy ballistic weapons in Belarus.

Starlink service in Ukraine is being limited to a speed of 161 km/h, making it impossible to use the system on interceptors targeting jet-powered Shaheds.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Roboavia drone development and manufacturing facility in Russia’s Rostov region and a logistics depot belonging to a Russian missile brigade in the Bryansk region.

The 1st Corps of the National Guard “Azov” has refuted Russian claims regarding the alleged capture of Zolotyi Kolodiazh, Novotroitske, and Petrivka in the Donetsk region.

From 7:00 p.m. on October 16 until Saturday morning, the Russians launched more than 320 drones of various types, as well as loitering munitions, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles, at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

One person was killed and 22 others were injured in Kherson this morning as a result of a Russian airstrike.

Russian invaders launched a massive strike with guided bombs on Sumy; one man was killed and two others were injured.

In Sloviansk, Russian troops dropped a FAB bomb on a residential area. One person was killed and ten were wounded.

The Vinnytsia region has suffered one of the most intense attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion. As a result of the enemy strikes, civilian and critical infrastructure was damaged, and six people were injured.

On the night of October 17, Moscow was attacked by 144 drones, prompting the Russian capital’s airports to impose restrictions, and causing flights to be delayed and rerouted.

In Kherson, 20 people have already been wounded as a result of this morning’s airstrike on a residential area: the enemy dropped eight bombs.

Russian forces launched nearly 20 attacks on three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region over the past day, using missiles and drones, killing one person.

Two people were injured when Russian forces struck an enterprise in the Rivne region.

Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized four Kalibr cruise missiles and 289 drones launched by Russian forces in an attack that began in the evening of October 16.

Vinnytsia has been left without electricity following a Russian strike, the city is switching to backup power sources.

A total of 238 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the front line on October 16.

Russia’s total combat personnel losses since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to October 17, 2026, stand at approximately 1,562,970, including 1,950 over the past 24 hours.

Fifteen people, including three children, were injured in Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv in the evening of October 16.

A family with a one-month-old infant was injured in a morning airstrike in Kherson, while an emergency medical services driver was also killed.

Zaporizhzhia came under several missile strikes, damaging residential buildings and leaving at least two people injured.