A destroyed car and damaged buildings at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Odesa, Ukraine, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on May 18, 2026. Odesa City Council via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS

Event overview

Russian attacks kill one, injure more than 30 in Ukraine overnight, officials say

Updated 2 days ago
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Russian attacks overnight across Ukraine involved drones, airstrikes and shelling targeting cities such as Odesa and Dnipro, with authorities reporting one death and more than 30 people injured. France 24 and Reuters corroborate casualties and spread across several sites; France 24 emphasizes strikes across eight regions and two ships hit in the Black Sea, while New York Post notes residential damage including a school. The accounts agree on the basic toll and wide geographic scope, though some framing highlights extra incidents (ships hit) or adds detail about the affected facilities. Overall, multiple outlets confirm a single fatality and injuries exceeding thirty, in the overnight barrage.

What this means

Reuters cites the toll of one fatality and more than 30 injured as a concrete consequence of the overnight strikes, indicating ongoing risk to civilians and disruption of urban areas in southern and southeastern Ukraine.

Original reporting (5)
A destroyed car and damaged buildings at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Odesa, Ukraine, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on May 18, 2026. Odesa City Council via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS
Reuters
Reuters
Balanced
5/18/2026

Russian attacks kill one, injure more than 30 in Ukraine overnight, officials say

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.

Russian attacks kill one, injure more than 30 in Ukraine overnight, officials say
New York Post
New York Post
Leaning right
5/18/2026

Russian attacks kill one, injure more than 30 in Ukraine overnight, officials say

See more of our coverage in your search results. 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. Drones hit ​residential buildings, a school.

Russia and Ukraine exchange overnight drone attacks
France 24
France 24
Leaning left
5/18/2026

Russia and Ukraine exchange overnight drone attacks

Russia launched hundreds of drones and nearly two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight wounding more than 30 people in the cities of Odesa and Dnipro. A Russian drone also hit a Chinese cargo ship in the Black Sea, a day before Russian President Vladmimir Putin is meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing. At least four died.

Russian drones hit two ships off Ukraine's coast, including Chinese-owned vessel
France 24
France 24
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5/18/2026

Russian drones hit two ships off Ukraine's coast, including Chinese-owned vessel

Russia launched hundreds of drones and nearly two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, hitting ​two ships in the Black Sea near Ukraine's Odesa region and wounding more than 30 people. Ukrainian authorities said that the two civilian vessels hit included one ‌under the Marshall Islands flag and another under the.

Two dozen injured in Ukraine following Russian strikes
France 24
France 24
Leaning left
5/18/2026

Two dozen injured in Ukraine following Russian strikes

Russia targeted eight regions of Ukraine in its latest nighttime drone and missile barrage, with local authorities reporting that the strikes wounded more than two dozen civilians, including three children. The city of Dnipro bore the brunt of the attack, which saw more than 500 hundred drones launched against the.