Ukraine continues to cripple Russia's energy sector by hitting numerous oil refineries, depots, chemical plants, and more with drones.
Ukraine fired six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and at least 146 drones into Russia in a mass attack, says Moscow. It threatened retaliation against the air strikes.
The Ukrainian energy minister says Russia has launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine, forcing the country to introduce preventive power cuts
The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine launched six ATACMS missiles overnight at the Bryansk region, but that all of them were downed by air defenses. The ministry also said that 146 Ukrainian drones had been shot down outside the conflict zone over the last day.
in cooperation with other units of the defence forces of Ukraine, conducted a precision strike on the Bryansk Chemical Plant in the city of Seltso, a strategic facility of the Russian military-industrial complex." Details: This plant produces gunpowder ...
While air raid sirens during visits by foreign leaders have sounded before, it is rare for air defenses to actually have to fight off attacking drones.
Officials in several Russian regions, some hundreds of kilometres from the border, reported strikes overnight.
Moscow claims capture of towns in east as six dead in overnight attacks - ‘This aggressive Russian action is not acceptable,’ French defense minister said
Russian anti-aircraft defenses successfully repelled a major Ukrainian assault on Bryansk Region, downing 12 Western-made missiles and over 30 drones
Ukrainian drone attack caused fire in Russia Kaluga region, south of Moscow. Social media videos showed oil storage depot engulfed in flames.
As of Saturday morning, January 18, it was confirmed that two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles were shot down in the Kyiv Region and 24 Shahed attack UAVs