"Russia carried out several attacks on Ukrainian cities late on October 18 using guided bombs that struck a residential area in at least one of the cities hit, Ukrainian officials said. Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhya were among the cities hit by guided bombs dropped by Russian fighter jets, according to Ukrainian air defense forces. Four people were injured in a residential area of the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, the State Emergency Service said."
"Russian drones were also reported over Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk. No details were available about possible casualties, but in Chernihiv an energy facility was hit, causing a power outage for around 17,000 customers in the north of the country, according to the regional energy supplier. Russia also carried out more than 10 strikes overnight on Chuhuiv in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, Mayor Halyna Minayeva said on Facebook. Almost all of the town's districts were paralyzed, Minayeva said."
"Russia's relentless night-time strikes frequently target Ukraine's energy infrastructure -- attacks designed to knock out heating and electricity for Ukrainian civilians as winter approaches in an attempt to break their morale. In Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said on October 18 that its forces had shot down 41 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory and the Black Sea. It said three of the drones had been shot down over the Moscow region."
Russian forces launched guided-bomb attacks on multiple Ukrainian cities late on October 18, including Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhya. Four people were injured in a residential area of Lozova in the Kharkiv region. Russian drones were reported over Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk, and an energy facility in Chernihiv was hit, cutting power to about 17,000 customers. More than 10 strikes hit Chuhuiv, paralyzing almost all districts and delaying power restoration. Fires were reported in the Zaporizhzhya region with no injuries. Russia reported shooting down 41 Ukrainian drones and imposed airport restrictions. The attacks occurred a day after a meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump.
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