Key facts
- Ukraine's General Staff claimed its forces struck two Russian S-400 air defense launchers in Bryansk Oblast.
- The strikes occurred overnight on Sept. 16-17.
- The General Staff did not specify the extent of damage to the launchers.
- The S-400 is Russia's most advanced long-range air defense system, costing an estimated $500 million.
- Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Kyiv on Sept. 16-17, injuring at least 20 people.
- A Ukrainian collaborator involved in Russia's sham 'referendums' was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike, Russian media claims.
Ukraine's General Staff claimed that overnight strikes on Sept. 16-17 hit two Russian S-400 air defense launchers in the Vygonychi district of Russia's Bryansk Oblast. The General Staff did not specify the extent of the damage to the launchers. The S-400 is Russia's most advanced long-range air defense system, introduced in 2007 and estimated to cost $500 million.
Meanwhile, Russia launched a drone and missile attack on Kyiv on the night of Sept. 16-17, damaging an education facility and injuring at least 20 people, including children. Explosions rocked the city center starting around 12:30 a.m. local time, with further ballistic missile strikes occurring around 2:13 a.m. and 2:21 a.m. local time. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitshchko reported that five of the injured were hospitalized.
In other developments, Russian state-controlled media outlet TASS claimed on Sept. 17 that Ukrainian collaborator Elena Astanina, who headed a Russian election commission in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Sept. 15. Ukraine had not commented on the claim at the time of publication.
Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry stated that a Russian drone attacked a Tanzania-flagged civilian vessel in the Black Sea on Sept. 17, killing the captain and injuring three crew members. The ministry called for international measures to protect civilian shipping.
Additionally, Russia struck the Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works with two ballistic missiles on Sept. 17, injuring one staff member. This marks the fourth attack on the plant in just over a month, according to its owner, Metinvest.