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Air defenses shoot down two ballistic missiles and 24 drones in Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Russian forces launched an overnight and early-morning attack on Ukraine on Jan. 18, using four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 39 Shahed combat drones, along with various decoy UAVs.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles over Kyiv Oblast. Additionally, 24 drones were destroyed over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Donetsk oblasts.
Fourteen Russian decoy drones were lost from radar detection without causing damage.
In Kyiv, fragments from downed ballistic missiles fell in the Shevchenkivskyi district, resulting in casualties, the Air Force reported. The strike partially destroyed a production facility, damaged buildings, the metro entrance, vehicles, and a main water pipeline.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine also reported a missile strike on Zaporizhzhya, where Russian forces targeted a business, causing damage to buildings and vehicles. Search and recovery operations are ongoing.
Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Jan. 18
At approximately 5:50 a.m. on Jan. 18, powerful explosions rocked Kyiv, coinciding with the start of an air raid alert. Russian forces launched ballistic missiles at the capital.
According to Kyiv’s City Military Administration (KMVA), four people were killed in the attack. The Lukianivska metro station entrance in the Shevchenkivskyi district was damaged and is temporarily closed for entry and exit, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said.
The State Emergency Service (SES) reported partial destruction of an administrative building, damage to a business center and a store, and ten vehicles destroyed. Fires broke out as a result of the strike.
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