Key facts
- A Russian drone attack on a minibus in Kherson killed four people and injured four others.
- Across Ukraine, Russian attacks over the past day killed at least 17 people and injured 53.
- Kharkiv Oblast sustained the highest casualties with 10 killed and 23 injured.
- Russia launched missiles and drones overnight, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting most.
- Attacks impacted critical infrastructure and residential areas in several Ukrainian regions.
Russian attacks across Ukraine resulted in at least 17 deaths and 53 injuries over the past day, according to local authorities. A drone strike on a minibus in Kherson's Korabelnyi district on August 19 killed four people and injured four others, who were hospitalized. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated that nine other people were injured in Kherson Oblast from previous day's attacks, which targeted critical infrastructure and residential areas, damaging buildings, a restaurant, and cars.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attacks as a "vicious Russian 'safari'" and criticized the hesitation of partners in supplying defense equipment, stating that Russians "have long run wild." He highlighted these as the realities of everyday life in Ukraine's frontline regions.
Overnight on August 19, Russia launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 65 drones. Ukraine's Air Force reported downing 56 drones and two loitering munitions. Strikes were reported in 10 locations, with debris falling in three others.
In Kharkiv Oblast, 10 people were killed and 23 injured over the past day, with the highest number of casualties in Pechenihy where a strike on August 18 killed 10 and injured 18. Five others were injured elsewhere in the oblast.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast saw two people killed and 10 injured, with Governor Ivan Fedorov reporting 1,019 strikes against 52 settlements. In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed and four injured, with 31 strikes reported. Three people were injured in Sumy Oblast from attacks using various munitions.