Fire breaks out at enterprise in Khmelnytskyi region after Russian drone attack

According to him, Russian forces attacked Khmelnytskyi region overnight using aerial assets.

"Air defense forces were engaged. There were shoot-downs. More details will follow. As a result of the Russian attack, a fire broke out at one of the enterprises in Khmelnytskyi district. The blaze was extinguished by State Emergency Service units," Tiurin said.

The official added that, as of now, there have been no reports of fatalities or injuries.

The Air Force of Ukraine repeatedly warned overnight about the threat of Russian drones in the region. In particular, UAVs were reported heading toward Starokostiantyniv and Sataniv, with hostile targets moving from the Vinnytsia region and from the east toward Khmelnytskyi.

Local channels published videos in which eyewitnesses captured explosions during the attack. It remains unclear where exactly the impacts occurred or whether damage, including the fire at the enterprise, was caused by direct hits or falling debris.

Russian attacks on Ukraine on January 17–18

Russian forces carried out drone and guided aerial bomb attacks across Ukraine overnight from January 17 to 18, with a ballistic missile threat also reported.

Affected regions included the Sumy, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions. In Kharkiv, a drone struck a private house, killing one person and injuring others.

In the Kherson region, Russian forces attacked the village of Sofiivka in the evening; a woman was wounded and later died in hospital.

Four people, including a young child, were injured in an airstrike on Sumy.

In Zaporizhzhia region, the strike caused fires, while the city of Vilniansk was plunged into a blackout, leaving residents partially without gas and electricity.