Ukraine Air Force said on Tuesday that Russia launched 270 drones and 10 rockets overnight, in one of its biggest attacks this month.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that it had shot down 230 drones and six rockets while recording attacks on 16 locations with four rockets and 40 drones, as Reuters reports.
Overnight, Russia Attacked Ukraine With
▫️270 Shared-Type Drones
▫️5 Iskander-M Ballistic Missiles
▫️5 KH-101 Cruise MissilesThis is poltava region after the attack. https://t.co/w49ezo4er pic.twitter.com/f4vwtcmf6s
– ania_in_ua (@ania_in_ua) August 19, 2025
Another Large-Scale Combined Russian Missile and Drone Attack was Carried Out on Ukraine Last Night. The main target was poltava oblast, where Kremenchuk, Hlobyne, and Lubny Were All Hit.
Kremenkuk Bore the Brunt of the Attack, with All Missiles Flying There. 8-10 KH-101 Cruise… pic.twitter.com/Cufzb0sbin
– AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 (@amk_mapping_) August 19, 2025
The Russian drone attack in the Chernichov area of Ukraine caused damage to infrastructure and reported power outages in northern region, the regional governor said, according to Reuters.
‘Some settlements have problems with electricity supply“, Governor Viacesslav Chaos wrote in the Telegram Tex Exchange application on Tuesday.
Russian attack in the city of Cremensuk – Putin does not want peace, Kiev says
Ukrainian regional officials said a Russian attack on the night, which shocked the city of Cremensuk in Central Ukraine and caused the power of hundreds of households in the region of Poltava, shows that Russian President Vladimir.
“At the same time that Putin was telephoning (US President Donald) Trump that he was pursuing peace and while (Ukrainian) President Volodimir Zelenski had talks at the White House with European leaders for a fair peace,”Vitali Maletski, mayor of this city in the region of Poltava, said via the Telegram.
“Once again, people saw that Putin does not want peace – wants to destroy Ukraine”he added according to Reuters.
Governor of Poltava Volodimir Kohut said the attack caused damage to administrative buildings and local energy infrastructure.
‘Fortunately there were no casualties’Cohut added to Telegram.
He said that the electricity has been interrupted in the Luby area in 1,500 households and 119 businesses.
So far there is no comment from Russia about this information.
Ukrainian attack with drones in southwestern Russia
Debums of unmanned air vehicles (Ukraine drones dislocated by anti -aircraft defense systems caused fires in a oil refinery and a hospital roof in the Volgagrad Region of southwestern Russia today.
‘Firefighters work on the ground to limit and extinguish fires’explained by the Regional Governor Andrei Batsarov. “According to preliminary information, there were no injuries”he added.
The Russian Civil Aviation Authority Rosaviatsia also reported through Telegram that flights to and from the region were suspended for security reasons for about three hours at night.
The breadth of the attack has not yet become clear. Mr Batsarov spoke of a “massive” drone raid.
The Reuters News Agency points out that he was unable to verify that information immediately, and there has been no comment on the part of Kiev so far.
The Ukrainian side characterizes the raids on Russia for the ongoing Russian blows in the war that lasts 3.5 years and stresses that the aim is to destroy infrastructure necessary for the Russian Armed Forces, including energy infrastructures.
The Volgrad refinery belongs to the Russian oil colossus Lukoil and had already suspended its operation due to raids of Ukrainian drones, according to two Reuters sources expressed yesterday.
Argon refining work has been suspended until at least mid -September, they said.
In 2024 this facility processed 13.7 million metric tons of crude, or in other words 5.1% of the total amount of oil refined in the country.
Source :Skai
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