Home / News / World News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Russia launches overnight strikes on Ukraine, killing one and injuring dozens

IN PHOTOS: Russia launches overnight strikes on Ukraine, killing one and injuring dozens

Updated On: 18 May, 2026 01:25 PM IST | Anushree Gaikwad

Russia launched drones, airstrikes, and shelling at Ukraine overnight, targeting cities such as Odesa in the south and Dnipro in the southeast, killing one person and injuring more than 30, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. (PICS/ AFP, X)

  • WhatsApp
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
Drones hit residential buildings, a school, and a kindergarten in the major Black Sea export port of Odesa. (PICS/ AFP, X)

1/6

Drones hit residential buildings, a school, and a kindergarten in the major Black Sea export port of Odesa. (PICS/ AFP, X)
Russia also hit the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro with missiles in a separate attack, injuring 18 people, among them two children, a two-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on Telegram

2/6

Russia also hit the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro with missiles in a separate attack, injuring 18 people, among them two children, a two-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on Telegram

In the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, three people were injured following the overnight attacks, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said

3/6

In the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, three people were injured following the overnight attacks, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said

In the southern region of Kherson, attacks killed one person and injured nine, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin

4/6

In the southern region of Kherson, attacks killed one person and injured nine, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin

In Russia, drones were downed overnight over regions such as Rostov and Belgorod in the south

5/6

In Russia, drones were downed overnight over regions such as Rostov and Belgorod in the south

At least four people died over the weekend, three of them in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its largest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital in more than a year

6/6

At least four people died over the weekend, three of them in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its largest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital in more than a year

Tags

Photo of Day

Hustle over heat

Hustle over heat

As onion and potato prices tank, a vendor ferries vegetables in the afternoon sun at P D’Mello Road. PIC/Ashish Raje

Advertisement