KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Ukrainian forces staged one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since\u00a0Moscow\u2019s invasion\u00a0more than four years ago, firing almost 800 drones just two days after launching\u00a0a similar salvo, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a Russian missile strike on a village in Ukraine\u2019s northeastern Kharkiv region killed at least 10 people and wounded eight others as the barrage demolished homes, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The warring countries are locked in an escalating duel of long-range aerial strikes as fighting on the roughly 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line in eastern and southern Ukraine is restricted by large numbers of drones and ground robots threatening troop movements, analysts say.<\/p>\n
Vehicles burn after Russian drone strikes in the town of Pechenihy, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. via REUTERS<\/p>\n
Rescuers carry a person injured during Russian drone strikes in the town of Pechenihy, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. via REUTERS<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s Putin resists pressure for peace talks<\/p>\n
Over the past year Ukraine has devised and deployed domestically produced\u00a0long-range drones\u00a0for strikes deep inside Russia. Its drone technology has\u00a0impressed governments\u00a0and defense manufacturers around the world.<\/p>\n
Kyiv officials aim to make the Russian public\u00a0feel the war\u2019s consequences\u00a0and pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into negotiating a peace settlement. Putin has so far shown\u00a0no sign\u00a0he intends to stop the invasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cPutin continues to drag out the war instead of accepting Ukraine\u2019s realistic ceasefire proposals and ending the bloodshed,\u201d Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a post on X.<\/p>\n
A victim of a Russian drone strikes lies on the ground in the town of Pechenihy, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. via REUTERS<\/p>\n
Russian air defenses overnight intercepted 791 Ukrainian drones over a number of Russian regions, as well as annexed Crimea and the Black and the Azov seas, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said, in what was the second-largest drone attack since January 2025, according to an Associated Press tally.<\/p>\n
More than 600 Ukrainian drones flew towards the Moscow region, where 180 were shot down, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. He didn\u2019t provide further details.<\/p>\n
Officials reported no deaths or major damage.<\/p>\n
In the Moscow region that surrounds but doesn\u2019t include the Russian capital, three people were injured, Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said.<\/p>\n
The overnight attack started a fire at a warehouse of\u00a0Wildberries, Russia\u2019s biggest online retailer, in an industrial zone. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the company\u2019s depots, which it says help supply the Russian military.<\/p>\n
Wildberries said its facility sustained \u201cinsignificant damage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paramedics inspect the bodies of residents killed by Russian drone strikes in the town of Pechenihy, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s Zelenskyy accuses Russia of a \u2018brutal attack\u2019 on civilians<\/p>\n
A Russian missile strike on the village of Pechenihy in Ukraine\u2019s Kharkiv region killed 10 civilians, according to preliminary information, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration.<\/p>\n
Another 17 people were wounded, he said. Zelenskyy called it \u201ca brutal attack\u201d that damaged 10 homes, a cafe, a post office, a store and at least seven vehicles, according to Syniehubov.<\/p>\n
A heavily damaged vehicle and destroyed building are seen at the site of an air attack on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 in kharkiv. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will definitely respond to this Russian strike,\u201d Zelenskyy said on social media.<\/p>\n
Also, three people were killed and three others were wounded over the past day in Russian attacks on Ukraine\u2019s Sumy region, including drone strikes and an explosive device blast, Ukraine\u2019s National Police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Ukrainian forces staged one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since\u00a0Moscow\u2019s invasion\u00a0more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[414,25,26,319,33,35,81],"class_list":["post-30150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-war","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}