On the night of July 18, the Russian Federation shelled the south of Ukraine, infrastructure objects and private homes were damaged, and one person was injured.
Odesa
As reported in OK "Pivden", that several waves of strike drones were aimed at detecting and exhausting air defense forces. And after that, 6 Calibers were released from the Black Sea in Odesa.
"All missiles were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense forces," the command noted.
In Odesa, port infrastructure facilities and several private homes were damaged by fragments of downed missiles and the blast wave from the downing. An elderly man was injured in his own home and is being treated.
CNN journalists reported four explosions in Odesa that night
They also add that searchlights were spotted from the Odesa port side. According to the publication, a burning object was seen falling onto the seaport.
"The CNN team heard air-raid sirens around 2 a.m. local time and saw the work of air defense throughout the city, which was followed by four loud explosions," the journalists wrote.
Mykolaiv
As the Mykolayiv OVA later informed, on the night of July 18, four "Shahed-136" kamikaze drones were shot down over the region by the forces and means of air defense.
"On the night of July 18, around 01:50, the enemy attacked Mykolaiv. An industrial object was hit. This caused a fire, which was quickly extinguished. There were no casualties," wrote OVA head Vitaly Kim.
In addition, today at 07:37, the city of Ochakiv was subjected to artillery shelling. The consequences are clarified.
Dnipropetrovsk region
Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, also came under fire that night. The enemy fired more than half a dozen shots during the night, firing from heavy artillery.
"Several times the enemy struck in the Sinelnykiv region. There were no casualties everywhere. The information is being clarified," writes Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA.
According to him, the defenders of the sky once again "minus" the UAVs of the occupiers. If we are talking about shooting down this night, then in total our air defense forces shot down 26 kamikaze drones "Shahed".
Kherson region
The consequences of shelling were also reported in Kherson OVA. So, during the past day, the occupying forces carried out 95 shellings, firing 517 shells from mortars, artillery, Grads, aviation, and UAVs.
The enemy fired 79 shells at the city of Kherson. The occupiers targeted the residential quarters of the populated areas of the region. As a result, 3 people were injured.
Zelensky linked the night strikes with Russia's withdrawal from the "grain agreement"
"The night attack of the Russians on Odesa and Mykolaiv with the use of missiles and "Shakheds" is another proof that the terrorist country wants to endanger the lives of 400 million people in various countries who depend on Ukrainian food exports," wrote the head of the OP Andriy Yermak.
He noted that the world should understand that the goal of the Russian Federation is hunger and killing people.
"They need waves of refugees. With this, they want to weaken the West," Yermak added.
The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces named the number of downed missiles and drones
According to the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of July 18, the enemy attacked from the south with six Kalibr cruise missiles and 36 Shahed-type attack drones.
So, presumably, the occupiers launched Calibers from the Russian frigate Admiral Essen, and Iranian drones from the area of the Chauda training ground (Crimea).
Air defense forces and means destroyed six "Calibers", 31 enemy attack drones "Shahed-136/131" and one reconnaissance UAV.
Kalibr cruise missiles and the vast majority of kamikaze drones were destroyed in the south - in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions, the rest of the attack UAVs were hit in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Night attack on July 18
On the night of July 18, the Russian Federation again attacked the territory of Ukraine, using attack UAVs and missiles.
First, the explosions were reported in Kherson, and later in Mykolaiv - there they announced the work of air defense. After that, a series of explosions thundered in Odessa.
