WarMay 18, 2026 3:48 am • 2 min readIllustrative image: Ukrainian servicemen from a mobile air defense unit fire a machine gun at Russian drones during a night patrol in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, on Dec. 2, 2024. (Maksym Kishka / Suspilne Ukraine / JSC “UA:PBC” / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack on Ukraine's central and southern regions overnight on May 18, injuring at least 12 people, including two children, officials reported.In the southern port city of Odesa, Russian drones struck a residential building in the city, injuring an 11-year-old boy as well as a 59-year-old man, Serhii Lysak, head of the local military administration, reported.The attack on Odesa also damaged an educational lecture hall as well as a kindergarten, Lysak added.Elsewhere in Ukraine, multiple explosions were heard in the city of Dnipro between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. local time, public broadcaster Suspilne reported, as Ukraine's Air Force warned of Russian missiles approaching the city.Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that a strike was reported at a 24-storey residential building, with several fires reported burning throughout the city. At least nine people, including one child, were injured in Dnipro, with four of the injured victims requiring hospitalization, Hanzha added.The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.Russia regularly launches strikes on Odesa and Dnipro as it continues to target Ukraine’s energy, transport, and civilian infrastructure in regular overnight attacks.