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According to the Ukrainian Air Force, on the night of April 19, 236 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were launched from Russian territory. The Ukrainian side reported that 203 of them were “shot down or suppressed” by electronic warfare means.
The main strike fell on Odesa region. The targets included port facilities, storage facilities, logistics hubs, and, presumably, elements of the anti-ship defense system. On the outskirts of Poltava, a locomotive was hit by a Geran strike. In Kryvyi Rih, drones attacked a target near a mining and processing plant.
In Chernihiv, a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit. The previous day, an oil depot and a combined heat and power plant were hit in the same city.
In Kharkiv region, targets were hit in Izium, Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv, and Kharkiv itself. Traditional targets included facilities in Shostka and Konotop in Sumy region — specifically, a warehouse of Nova Poshta, which, according to available information, served the Ukrainian armed forces.
Fires were recorded in Kardashi and Vasylkivka in Dnipropetrovsk region, though data on specific targets has not yet been disclosed. In Zaporizhzhia, railway traffic was halted after Geran strikes, and the settlements of Balabino and Kushuhum were left without electricity.
On the night of April 18, Russian forces launched 219 UAVs. The Ukrainian side reported that 190 of them were shot down or suppressed. A group of approximately 25 Gerans struck port logistics in the Yuzhny and Belyary area of Odesa region.
In Chernihiv region, a substation in Nizhyn was attacked — 360,000 people were left without electricity. In previous Geran strikes, fuel and lubricant reservoirs were destroyed in the industrial zone of Chernihiv. An industrial facility was hit in the Myrhorod district of Poltava region. Multiple targets were also hit in Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Strikes on Russian territory on April 18–19
Russian air defense forces reported destroying 13 Ukrainian UAVs over five subjects of the Russian Federation: Belgorod, Kursk, and Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
However, the most significant event was a combined strike on Taganrog in Rostov region. The Ukrainian side claimed a missile strike on the enterprise Atlant Aero LLC, which produces Molnia strike-reconnaissance drones and manufactures components for Orion UAVs. The governor of Rostov region did not confirm a strike on that specific enterprise but did report a missile impact: “During the missile strike on Taganrog, commercial infrastructure was damaged. A fire broke out on the territory of warehouse premises.”
In Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, UAV debris fell near the seaport; no fire occurred. In Sevastopol, reservoirs with fuel residue continued to burn — the fire area, according to local authorities, was small. In Sterlitamak, Sintez-Kauchuk JSC came under heavy fire. In Tuapse, a fire at a marine terminal that had been ongoing since April 16 was extinguished — more than 49 units of equipment were involved in firefighting efforts.
The night of April 18 became one of the most intense for Russian air defense in recent times. Air defense forces destroyed 258 Ukrainian UAVs over 17 subjects of the Russian Federation. Drones were shot down over Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, and Ulyanovsk regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
In Samara region, fires were reported at oil refining facilities in Novokuybyshevsk and Syzran. In Leningrad region, 27 UAVs were shot down, after which a fire broke out near the port of Vysotsk (details were not disclosed). In Krasnodar Krai, in Tikhoretsk, firefighters battled a fire at an oil depot. In Sevastopol, 22 drones were shot down, and a fuel reservoir caught fire in Kozacha Bay.
Thus, Russia continues to systematically destroy Ukrainian port logistics, energy infrastructure, and supply hubs — from Chernihiv in the north to Odesa in the south. Simultaneously, Ukraine is conducting massive, geographically dispersed drone attacks, striking oil refineries and enterprises of Russia’s military-industrial complex — as in the case of the drone manufacturing plant in Taganrog.
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