Russia attacks Ukraine with missiles and drones: explosions occurred in Kryvyi Rih, Lviv and Khmelnytsky

On the night of Tuesday, September 19, the Russian occupiers launched another attack on Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles. Around 3:00 a.m., explosions were heard in Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipro region. They were also heard in Odesa, Lviv, and Khmelnytskyi region.

The head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, confirmed the explosions in the city on his Telegram channel. He urged local residents not to post photos and videos online.

"Kryvyi Rih. Explosion. Do not shoot or post anything on the Internet," he wrote.

At 3:05 a.m., the Ukrainian Air Force announced a missile threat to Dnipropetrovs'k and Zaporizhzhia regions. The monitoring channel "Mykolaiv Vanek" wrote that the explosions in Kryvyi Rih were most likely related to the use of ballistic weapons by Russian troops.

According to the head of the regional military administration, Serhiy Lysak, a multi-story building in Kryvyi Rih caught fire as a result of the hit. The fire was extinguished. The blast wave damaged the facades of three multi-storey buildings. In the morning , the defenders shot down an enemy drone over the region.

It is known that at night in Mykolaiv region, air defense forces and means shot down 10 Shahed-136/131 attack drones. In the Pervomaiskyi district of the region, Vitaliy Kim, the head of the regional military administration, said that at 01:00, the fall of the wreckage of the downed enemy target caused damage to agricultural machinery of an agricultural enterprise - no casualties.

Around 2:00, a loud explosion was heard in Odesa, an OBOZREVATEL correspondent reported. According to the monitoring channels, it was connected with the work of the air defense forces on the occupiers' drones.

Explosions were also heard in the Khmelnytsky region. They were confirmed by the first deputy head of the regional military administration, Serhiy Tyurin. According to him, the air defense system was operating.

"Khmelnytskyi region. Explosions are heard. Air defense forces are working," he said.

At about 4:30, explosions were heard in Lviv region, said the head of the regional military administration Maksym Kozytsky. Air defense forces were working there.

In addition, according to him, it was loud in part of Lviv.

"We do not name locations. We are not taking pictures or filming anything! Information silence!" he wrote.

According to the updated data for the morning, the Russian "Shahed" hit the territory of Lviv. As a result of the strike, a fire broke out in an industrial warehouse and a person was injured. In particular, rescuers pulled a 26-year-old man out of the rubble - he was hospitalized with an open fracture of a limb and provided with the necessary assistance. Specialized services were working at the arrival site.

As OBOZREVATEL reported, on September 18, the occupiers attacked Kharkiv. The enemy launched missiles from the Russian city of Belgorod, and there were hits in the production zone of the Kholodnohirsky district of the city.

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