Oct 18: Russia says it downed 57 Ukrainian drones over Leningrad region; debris hit 4 cars and sparked a fire, the governor says. Pulkovo halted flights. Video shows fires near St. Petersburg's port, unverified.
Mezha
Satire / Meme. Russia's Cosmos 2612 went from more than 200 miles away to roughly three miles from the US-owned ICEYE-X36 radar satellite in a day, LeoLabs says. A CSIS fellow called it "bumper-to-bumper." Spot the egg
Reported casualties
Russia drops 8 guided bombs on Sumy; a man is killed, and a drone kills a second nearby
Oct 17: Russia dropped 8 guided bombs on the Sumy community, 4 on the city, hitting a residential area, says regional chief Oleh Hryhorov. A 42-year-old man was killed and at least 2 were hurt. A drone later killed a…