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Russian forces launched 3 Kh-59 missiles and 20 Shahed drones targeting Poltava Oblast; Ukrainian air defenses downed all missiles and 18 drones.

Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Kh-59 missile (weapon_system) Shahed-131/136 drone (weapon_system) Shahed drone (weapon_system) Kremenchuk oil refinery (location) Ukrainian air defense (military_unit) Shahed-136/131 (weapon_system) Kremenchuk (location) Myrhorod (location) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Russian forces (organization) Ukraine (organization) Kh-59 guided air missile (weapon_system) Shahed-136/131 UAV (weapon_system)

Source Reports

Institute for the Study of War →

Russian forces launched drone and missile strike on Poltava Oblast

Ukrainska Pravda →

Several groups in Poltava Oblast heading towards Kremenchuk

Kyiv Independent →

In Kremenchuk, a city in Poltava Oblast, an oil refinery was hit by a UAV causing a fire

Kyiv Post →

Kyiv also reported a Russian attack on an oil refinery in Kremenchuk

Censor.NET →

Russian occupiers launched 1 Kh-59 missile and 20 Shahed drones from Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions.

Censor.NET →

An oil refinery in Kremenchuk was hit during the attack.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.264Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-13