At night, Russians attacked the Kirovohrad region with Shaheds. They hit the industrial facilities of the region, according to the head of Svitlovodsk city territorial community, Andrii Malitskyi.
"As a result of a night attack by the enemy Shahed on the territory of the Svitlovodsk city territorial community, attacks on industrial facilities were recorded," Malitskyi writes and adds that there were no casualties.
According to Andrii Raikovych, head of the Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration (KRMA), private industrial facilities and residential buildings in the Oleksandria district were damaged as a result of the Shahed attack. The blast wave smashed windows in the houses and smashed roofs with debris.
Rajkovic also confirms that there were no casualties.
Photo: Russians attacked industrial facilities in Kirovohrad region, there are other destructions (Getty Images)
Photo: Russians attacked industrial facilities in Kirovohrad region, there are other destructions (Getty Images)
Photo: Russians attacked industrial facilities in Kirovohrad region, there are other destructions (Getty Images)
Russian attack on Ukraine on night of March 18
On the night of March 18, Russian terrorists launched another massive attack against Ukraine. The enemy attacked with:
- 5 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles in the Kharkiv region;
- 2 Kh-59 guided missiles in the Sumy region;
- 22 Shahed-type attack UAVs launched from the area of Russian Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
The following units were involved in repelling the air attack:
- anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force and the Army;
- mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces;
- electronic warfare equipment.
In the course of combat operations, 17 Shaheds were shot down in Kyiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, and several other regions.
