Russia launched a major ballistic missile and drone strike against Dnipro on the night of May 18, targeting the Yuzhmash missile factory.
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Russian strike hit Dnipro with ballistic missiles and drones, damaging Yuzhmash.
Sho down 503 of 524 Shaheds, zero of 14 ballistic missiles, and 4 of 8 Iskander-K cruise missiles nationwide.
Russian strikes significantly damaged civilian infrastructure in Dnipro City and struck a Chinese-owned ship in Odesa port.
Russian forces struck Dnipro with missiles overnight on May 18, damaging apartment buildings, private homes, a religious institution, a university, and an industrial facility.
Russian forces carried out a missile strike on Dnipro overnight on May 18.
Some consumers in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts remain temporarily without electricity as of the morning of 18 May as a result of hostilities and Russian strikes on energy facilities.
Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack on Dnipro overnight on May 18, injuring at least 18 people including two children.
Russian missiles and drones struck Dnipro starting at 2:32 a.m., causing fires in a residential high-rise and a pyrotechnic warehouse, with subsequent strikes hitting a residential area.
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