UAV event in Rivne, Dubno area, Ukraine on Tue 18th August 2026

18th August 2026

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During the day, Russia launched one of their largest ever jet-drone attacks on Ukraine, consisting of more than 75 Geran-4/5 jet-drones.

The main target was Kyiv Oblast, where ~75 drones attacked the region. While most of the drones were shot down by Ukrainian air defence, several impacts were recorded in the city of Brovary, resulting in large fires broke out. Additional Ukrainian air defence assets were deployed to the Brovary area in recent days in response to the repeated Russian attacks.

Additionally, one Geran-4 drone launched from Crimea flew for over 920 km to Rivne Oblast, before being shot down over the southern outskirts of Dubno, Rivne Oblast. This breaks the record for the longest Russian jet-drone flight so far during this war.

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Rivne ( Dubno area )

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