Russia hits Izium with glide bombs, launches massive jet-powered Shahed attack on Sumy
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with Shahed drones overnight, triggering air raid alerts in several regions, with a massive drone attack reported in Sumy on Aug. 17.
Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Sumy overnight, triggering air raid alerts in several Ukrainian regions. At approximately 6:39 a.m., the Air Force reported that a group of drones from Kherson Oblast was heading towards Mykolaiv. Simultaneously, a jet-powered drone from the Black Sea region was en route to Odesa Oblast, targeting Zatoka and Chornomorske.
The air force also disclosed that drones from Russia's Bryansk Oblast were heading towards Chernihiv Oblast, in the direction of Horodnia, and another drone was en route to Mykolaiv from the south. Later that morning, the Air Force reported additional drone movements, including a drone from Donetsk Oblast en route to Kharkiv Oblast, heading towards Lozova, and a drone from Donetsk Oblast heading towards Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, headed towards Pavlohrad.
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