Drone and missile attack on the power grid in Kyiv
Kyiv · Ukraine · 18 August 2026
147 drones reported · 6 missiles reported · housing, power grid · impact reported · fire
Sources for this report
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Moscow claims more than 600 drones attacked city - photo, videos
- Kyiv Post: Russian Missile Strike Kills 10 in Kharkiv Region as Drone Barrage Hits Kyiv
- Kyiv Post: Russia Has No Plans for Peace Deal This Year, Ukraine Says
- Al Jazeera English: Deaths mount, trauma sets in as Russia ramps up missile attacks on Ukraine
- ABC News International: Ukraine aims a drone blitz at Moscow while Russian missiles kill 10 in a Ukraine
- Kyiv Post: Big Ukraine Terrain Gains, Novorossiysk Smacked hard, NATO Ups the Appeasement
- The Kyiv Independent: Russia unleashes large-scale attack with jet-powered drones as Kyiv faces at least 9 air raid alerts in a single day
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia has launched 76 jet-powered Shahed-type drones on Ukraine in one day
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Ninth air-raid warning in a day issued in Kyiv after drone debris lands in residential courtyard
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia hits Kyivhuma rubber plant - photos
- Kyiv Post: Russian Jet-Powered ‘Shahed’ Drone Reaches Western Ukraine for First Time
Earlier reported strikes at Kyiv
- 17 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · industrial site, logistics site · impact reported · fire
- 16 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · airfield, military depot · impact reported · fire
- 15 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · impact reported
- 14 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · airfield, military depot · impact reported · fire
- 13 August 2026
500 drones reported · 74 missiles reported · impact reported
Every figure on this page is a published claim, kept with its source. Figures count what each side says was launched at it; places are locations that reported impacts. Neither is a casualty count.