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Dnipropetrovsk:
Russia struck the region with drones and artillery more than ten times overnight, as rescuers extricated a child from the rubble of a private house, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Alexander Ganzha.
A 44-year-old man, along with two women aged 75 & 90, were hospitalised in a moderate condition, while infrastructure and vehicles were damaged, Ganzha stated, later reporting that a ten-year-old boy was recovered from the rubble of a private house in the Petropavlivska community, but doctors assessed his condition was not serious.
Donetsk:
Head of the Sloviansk City Administration Vadym Lyakh reported that six people were killed in Sloviansk as a result of three separate attacks using guided aerial bombs, stating that several people were still being searched for under the rubble, and that rescue work had to be suspended overnight due to the security situation.
Seven people were killed in total in the Donetsk region, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin, noting six died in Sloviansk and one in Kramatorsk, while fourteen people from Kramatorsk and Sloviansk were reported injured.
At 3:35am, the Russian forces struck a five-story residential building in Kramatorsk, but there is no information about any casualties, reported the Donetsk Police Force, statitng that over 24 hours, Russia dropped seven air bombs on Sloviansk, five more on Kramatorsk, and also attacked the village of Bilenke.
Kharkiv:
Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov reported that a 76-year-old man was injured during a Russian strike on Izium overnight, while two women aged 63 and 65 sought medical assistance for acute stress reactions, adding that 10 private houses in the Lower City area were damaged.
Four people – men aged 39, 42 & 66, and a woman aged 26 – were injured due to a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kharkiv, Sinegubov reported, noting that a 25-year-old woman also suffered an acute stress reaction.
A fire broke out after a drone hit the ground near a five-story building in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
Russia also attacked the Osnovianskyi district twice on the morning of October 18th, reported Mayor Ihor Terekhov, who said that damage was caused to two apartment buildings, power grids, two gas stations, a hotel, a civilian enterprise, and 17 vehicles.
Four people were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Zolochev yesterday, according to Head of the City Military Administration Viktor Kovalenko, who said that three people suffered concussions, while another man sustained chest injuries, and noted damage to two apartment buildings, one private house, a garage, a store and three cars.
Damage was also caused to private houses and outbuildings, a preschool institution, and power grids, in Troitske, Velykyi Burluk and Ruski Tyshky, according to regional officials.
Kherson:
Head of the Regional Military Administration Olexandr Produkin reported that 32 people were injured in the past 24 hours, including a child, while damage was caused to sixteen apartment buildings, two private houses, and nearby cars, as Russia shelled 17 settlements in total.
Repair work is ongoing on the power grids in the Kherson community, with specialists attempting to restore connections to residents, reported Head of the City Military Administration Ivan Shanko.
Mykolaiv:
Despite the Russian Armed Forces attacking the region with Shahed drones throughout the day, there were no reports of damage or injuries during the morning briefing on Sunday.
Poltava:
One person was killed and four others injured following a Russian strike which damaged residential buildings, and caused a fire to break out in one of the buildings that was extinguished by emergency services.
Head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Dyakivnych said that at least five private houses were damaged, three of them likely beyond restoration, noting that roofs were damaged, windows shattered, and a warehouse building was destroyed.
Dyakivnych said that a drone strike was reported on the territory of one of the local enterprises this morning, but preliminary reports indicated no one was injured.
Rivne:
Emergency services responded to the aftermath of a Russian attack on civilian infrastructure in the region, according to a Facebook post by the Rivne State Emergency Services.
Sumy:
Two people were killed in the past 24 hours and six others were injured during the past 24 hours.
Russia caused damage to the communities of Seredyno-Budska, Sumy, and Shostka, according to the regional police, noting that residential buildings, a gas station, and cars, were damaged during the strikes.
A 23-year-old woman was injured when a drone struck a residential building overnight between the third and fourth floors of an apartment building in the Kovpak district, reported the local authorities.
Ternopil:
Fires were reported at two energy infrastructures in the Kremianets district of Ternopil on Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties or injuries, according to Head of the Ternopil Regional State Administration Taras Pastukh.
Head of the Shumsk community reported a lack of electricity due to an attack on an energy facility located nearby, noting that all relevant services were working at the scene, taking measures to eliminate the consequences of the strike.
Another drone strike was reported in the Kremianets district on Sunday morning at an energy infrastructure, causing a partial power outage in the region, while an additional strike was recorded 20 minutes later on an energy facility in Kremenchuk in the region.
Vinnytsia:
Electricity supply had been disrupted due to damage caused by a Russian strike on critical infrastructure in the region, leading to emergency power outages, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Natalia Zabolotna.
Zabolotna said energy workers were already working to restore energy supply, but in the near future the energy would remain unstable, asking residents not to turn on all electrical appliances at the same time to avoid overloading the power grid.
Zaporizhzhia:
Two people were injured in overnight Russian attacks on the region, while one woman was killed, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Mikhail Semikin.
Semikin said a 58-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were injured, while damage was caused to two apartment buildings, 18 cars and a school building during the strike, noting that a 27-year-old woman was reported to have been killed in an earlier attack during the night.
The building of the Suspilne Zaporizhzhia branch sustained damage in a Russian strike using ballistic missiles on the morning of October 17th, but there were no employees in the building and no casualties, but the blast wave shattered the windows and doors of the building.
