🛡️ Defense

A missile was shot down over Mykolaiv Oblast during the air-raid alert on February 18, 2023.

February 18, 2023 Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Mykolaiv Oblast (location) Pivdennoukrainska Nuclear Power Plant (location) Pivdennyi Buh river (location) Kalibr cruise missile (weapon_system) Ukrainian Air Defense (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant (location) Energoatom (organization)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

A missile was shot down over Mykolaiv Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia launched six Kalibr cruise missiles at Ukraine from the Black Sea, and air defense downed some.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

During a massive attack on February 18, 2023, two enemy cruise missiles were recorded flying near the South Ukrainian NPP along the South Bug river towards Pervomaisk.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Energoatom described the incident as an act of nuclear terrorism and appealed to the IAEA for measures including withdrawal of Russian forces from Zaporizhzhia and a no-fly zone over Ukrainian nuclear facilities.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:00.069Z

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