LONDON — Ukraine launched greater than 600 drones towards Moscow in a single day, in keeping with town’s mayor, representing one in all Kyiv’s largest long-range assaults of the battle to this point in keeping with information analyzed by ABC Information.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated Ukraine launched at the least 637 drones within the path of the Russian capital from Monday evening into Tuesday morning, of which at the least 197 had been shot down by Russian air defenses over the capital area.
The drones had been amongst 791 Ukrainian craft reported downed by the Russian Protection Ministry in a single day.
Andrey Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow Area, stated that at the least three individuals had been injured — amongst them a 10-year-old lady — amid the drone assaults, two within the southeastern suburbs of town and one to the northeast of town middle.
Vorobyov additionally reported harm to residential properties in three districts to the east of Moscow and to a shopping mall, native authorities constructing and residential constructing in Kolomna to the southeast of the capital.
On this photograph offered by Moscow’s regional Gov. Andrei Vorobyov’s official Telegram channel, flames rise from a building web site after a Ukrainian drone assault in an undisclosed space within the Moscow area, Russia, on Aug. 18, 2026.
Moscow Area Governor Andrei Vo
One other warehouse belonging to the Russian e-commerce big Wildberries was additionally attacked to the east of Moscow, Vorobyov stated, with a hearth breaking out on the facility.
The corporate stated in a put up to social media that the “logistics facility” sustained “minor harm” with drone particles hitting the wall of the constructing.
Mosoblenergo, a regional vitality supplier, stated in a put up to Telegram that greater than 5,000 prospects and 46 “socially important services” within the Moscow area had been left with out energy after the newest spherical of Ukrainian strikes.
Short-term flight restrictions had been launched in any respect 4 of Moscow’s worldwide airports, Russia’s federal flight transport company Rosviatsiya stated on Telegram.
Elsewhere, at the least three individuals had been injured by a drone assault within the Ryazan area of western Russia, regional governor Pavel Malkov stated, whereas three extra individuals had been injured by Ukrainian assaults within the Bryansk area, in keeping with native officers.
Ukraine has been considerably increasing its long-range strikes deep into Russia in latest months, with prime targets together with city facilities, gasoline processing services, logistics hubs and navy websites.
Up to now in August, Russia’s Protection Ministry has claimed the taking pictures down of at the least 11,236 Ukrainian drones — simply shy of the report month-to-month complete of 13,312 drones reported in July — and 34 “Flamingo” cruise missiles, in keeping with ministry statements analyzed by ABC Information.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in a put up to social media on Monday that he met with navy leaders and mentioned “the progress of long-range operations in the course of the first half of August.”
“We confirmed the priorities for deep strikes within the coming weeks and in September. The confirmed harm inflicted on the Russians confirms the effectiveness of our long-range technique,” Zelenskyy wrote.
A Ukrainian rescuer smokes a cigarette on the web site of an air assault in Pechenigy, Kharkiv area, on Aug. 18, 2026.
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Russia continued its personal long-range strike marketing campaign in opposition to Ukrainian cities in a single day. Ukraine’s air pressure stated Russia launched 147 drones of assorted sorts in its newest barrage, of which 111 had been shot down or in any other case suppressed.
Russian drone impacts had been reported in 19 areas, the air pressure stated in a put up to Telegram.
One airstrike on the village of Pechenihy within the northeastern Khakriv area killed at the least 10 individuals, in keeping with Zelenskyy. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service stated that at the least 17 different individuals had been injured within the strike.
“We will certainly reply to this Russian assault,” Zelenskyy wrote in a put up to Telegram.”And it’s equally essential that our companions additionally help our simply and decisive responses with their very own steps to place stress on Russia and to help Ukraine.
In Russian assaults elsewhere, native officers stated that one individual was killed and 15 individuals injured within the southern Zaporizhzhia area.
Two individuals had been additionally killed and one other 10 had been injured by Russian strikes within the southern Kherson area, one individual was killed and 4 others injured within the japanese Donetsk area and three individuals had been killed and three had been injured within the northeastern Sumy area, native officers stated.
