Russian forces launched Shahed kamikaze drones across Ukraine's northern border at around 8:54 p.m. on Nov. 18, threatening Sumy and Poltava oblasts, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
Alerts were also activated in Chernihiv, Kyiv and Cherkasy oblasts after drones were observed moving westward.
At 9:32 p.m., drones were observed moving through Sumy Oblast towards the southwest.
Elsa Court
On Nov. 11, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) Chernyshov was charged with illicit enrichment as part of a large-scale corruption case involving state nuclear power company Energoatom.
Ukraine's General Staff said that this is "a significant development that underscores Ukraine’s unwavering commitment to its sovereignty."
"We are preparing to reinvigorate negotiations, and we have developed solutions that we will propose to our partners," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said both suspects crossed into Belarus shortly after the explosion.
"Several enemy infantrymen tried to penetrate and gain a foothold at one of the agricultural facilities," the 7th Corps said. "The enemy was destroyed."
On Nov. 11, Chernyshov was charged with illicit enrichment as part of a large-scale corruption case involving state nuclear power company Energoatom.
At the time of the attack, around 11 p.m., there were no employees or other workers at the site.
The United States Congress will renew its efforts to move forward in an attempt to pass a Russia sanctions bill into law, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced on Nov. 17.
A seventeen-year-old girl was killed and nine others were injured in an overnight Russian missile attack on the city of Berestyn in Kharkiv Oblast on Nov. 18, regional authorities said.
Purported videos posted on social media appear to show a large explosion and subsequent fire emanating from the Zuivska Thermal Power Plant in the occupied community of Zuhres in Donetsk Oblast, following a projectile strike on the target.
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