Shahed drone hits building in Mykolaiv Oblast, 2 missiles downed over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Air defence systems were responding in Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts on the night of 17-18 September when a Russian drone hit a building in Snihurivka hromada, Mykolaiv Oblast, but no casualties were reported. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Source: Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration; Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration
Quote from Kim: "Snihurivka hromada came under a Shahed-136/131 drone attack at 02:25 on the night of 17-18 September. As a result, a fire broke out in a vacant two-storey building. It was quickly extinguished. The blast wave damaged nearby buildings. There were no casualties."
Details: At the same time, Lysak reported that two cruise missiles were downed over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the morning.
Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine’s Air Force, posted a video of the Ukrainian air defence deployed and thanked the defenders for their successful work.
Командувач Повітряних Сил ЗСУ Микола Олещук опублікував у Telegram відео роботи української ППО уночі 18 вересня і подякував оборонцям за успішну роботу. На відео зафіксовані 2 влучання по ворожих цілях. Олещук додав, що третю ціль також уразили pic.twitter.com/FVHsDnpheu
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Background:
- On the night of 17-18 September, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that the Russians had fired a group of missiles on Ukraine. An air-raid warning was issued in all oblasts of the country.
- Explosions were heard in Khmelnytskyi Oblast during an air raid, and air defence systems were responding there.
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