News card: Russia fires a missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight; woman killed in Zaporizhzhia

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Russia fires a missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight; woman killed in Zaporizhzhia. Map from Wikimedia Commons (NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, marker added) showing Zaporizhzhia as a red dot in southeastern Ukraine. Key facts: night of Oct 17-18 from 6 PM Kyiv time, still under way at 8 AM, Ukraine's Air Force says; 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile and 180 drones, 152 drones downed or jammed; in Zaporizhzhia a 27-year-old woman was killed and a 58-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl were injured; hits at 20 locations, and in Zaporizhzhia 2 apartment blocks, 18 cars and a school building were damaged. Sources: Ukraine Air Force via Ukrainska Pravda, UNN, Ukrinform, hromadske, DW. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-ua-zaporizhzhia. @exeindex. — Map: Zaporizhzhia (red dot) in southeastern Ukraine. Map: Wikimedia Commons, NordNordWest · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · marker added · CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY-SA 3.0 de EXE Index (share-alike from the map)

Oct 18: Russia fired an Iskander-M missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force says; 152 drones downed or jammed, hits at 20 sites. In Zaporizhzhia a woman, 27, was killed and 2 hurt, incl. a girl of 6, officials say. Find it on the map

What: News card: Russia fires a missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight; woman killed in Zaporizhzhia
Where: Europe
When: 2026-10-18
Source: Ukrainska Pravda
Credit: Map: Zaporizhzhia (red dot) in southeastern Ukraine. Map: Wikimedia Commons, NordNordWest · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · marker added
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY-SA 3.0 de EXE Index (share-alike from the map)
Details: Europe, Ukraine (UA) / Russia (RU)

military Ukraine (UA) / Russia (RU)Europe

Sources and credit

Ukrainska Pravda
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