Attack diary › Attack on Ukraine, 18 October 2026
Attack on Ukraine, 18 October 2026
Most objects in the air at once: 56. Below: types, hours and every region with its alert time.
🗺 Open the live mapTypes (most at once)
By hour
Regions
| Region | Alert | Objects overhead | Max at once |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chernihiv Oblast | 23 h 37 min | 20 h 11 min | 28 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | 22 h 49 min | 17 h 29 min | 23 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 21 h 52 min | 11 h 52 min | 8 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 23 h 37 min | 10 h 32 min | 25 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 16 h 38 min | 9 h 55 min | 7 |
| Sumy Oblast | 21 h 42 min | 9 h 37 min | 7 |
| Kyiv Oblast | 16 h 25 min | 9 h 20 min | 7 |
| Rivne Oblast | 12 h 24 min | 8 h 07 min | 5 |
| Kherson Oblast | 12 h 10 min | 6 h 58 min | 7 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | 15 h 03 min | 6 h 53 min | 6 |
| Odesa Oblast | 10 h 15 min | 5 h 59 min | 5 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | 9 h 10 min | 4 h 56 min | 7 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | 7 h 49 min | 4 h 04 min | 3 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 7 h 49 min | 3 h 55 min | 8 |
| Donetsk Oblast | 23 h 33 min | 3 h 53 min | 11 |
| Poltava Oblast | 9 h 26 min | 3 h 53 min | 9 |
| Volyn Oblast | 6 h 36 min | 3 h 20 min | 10 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | 10 h 08 min | 3 h 17 min | 7 |
| Kyiv (city) | 3 h 36 min | 1 h 47 min | 5 |
| Ternopil Oblast | 2 h 36 min | 54 min | 4 |
| Lviv Oblast | 1 h 12 min | 42 min | 3 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | 2 h 05 min | 27 min | 1 |
| Luhansk Oblast | 23 h 37 min | 7 min | 1 |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 23 h 37 min | - | - |
| Sevastopol | 23 h 37 min | - | - |
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Questions and answers
How many drones attacked Ukraine?
On 18 October 2026 the map showed up to 56 objects at the same time. The official number of launched drones and missiles is published by the Ukrainian Air Force, usually the next morning.
Which regions had the longest air raid alert?
Chernihiv Oblast: 23 h 37 min. The table above lists every region.
The numbers show how many objects were on the NEPTUN map at the same moment, sampled every minute. They are not official Ukrainian Air Force figures on how many drones or missiles were launched. The day is counted in UTC.
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