The night of November 17 was the culmination of a week of Russian terror: the Russian army launched 120 missiles and 90 attack drones over Ukraine. The attack ended a week of large-scale shelling, during which the occupiers deployed nearly 140 missiles, 900 aerial bombs and 600 drones, striking peaceful Ukrainian cities. Explosions were heard not only at the front, but also in the relatively calm rear regions. Today, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes photos from Kharkiv and Odessa, which testify to the regular war crimes of Russians against the civilian population.
“Molnia” in Kharkov November 12
On November 12, Russian forces used the Molniya FPV-drone for the first time to attack Kharkiv. This drone, made of lightweight materials and equipped with an electric motor, is not fixed by standard radar devices. According to the head of Kharkiv Oleh Synegubov, the drone has ramming properties and is controlled by the operator using a remote control and camera, which ensures high accuracy of strikes.
“It is quite primitive in design and quite cheap ammunition, on board it can carry from three to five kilograms of explosives. Compared to the same “Shaheed”, where 50 kg of explosive material, it is much less powerful, but it is several times cheaper than “Shaheed”, and can cause damage precisely by explosion, scattering of debris,” said Dmitry Chubenko, spokesman of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office.
This drone was previously spotted in Kharkiv region, but it was without a combat part. The enemy continues to use Kharkiv as a testing ground for new weapons, putting civilians in constant danger.
Drones in Odessa on November 14
In the evening of November 14, Russian UAVs attacked Odessa and the region. A 35-year-old woman was killed as a result of an attack by drones. 10 people were injured, eight of them with injuries of varying severity were taken to the hospital. As a result of the attack, civilian infrastructure was damaged: high-rise buildings, educational institutions, a church and more than 40 vehicles.
“Another terrorist attack of Russians in Odessa. Blow on a residential building. Putin just likes to fight with civilians. He has no respect for anyone, an ordinary, sick terrorist,” he wrote in TelegramAndrey Yermak.
Also then the main pipeline of heat supply was damaged, and one of the boiler houses in Odessa was forced to stop working. Even the army of the Russian Federation targeted the port infrastructure of the city.
Massive attack on November 17: attack on Odessa
On the morning of November 17, 2024, Russian troops carried out a massive air strike on the territory of Ukraine, using various types of missiles and drones. The explosions occurred in several cities and regions, in particular in Kiev, Odessa, Nikolaev, Zaporizhzhia, as well as in Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions. Emergency power outages were introduced in the country.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported the destruction of 144 air targets during this attack. As a result of the morning Russian attack: two people were killed in Nikolaev, among the wounded were children. In Kiev, explosions damaged residential buildings in three districts, one woman was injured. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, an infrastructure object was damaged, a person was injured. In the Lviv region, one person died due to the falling debris of a rocket.
In particular, it reached Odessa, where two people — employees of the energy facility — were killed as a result of shelling. Russian strikes were aimed at the city's energy infrastructure, resulting in significant destruction and interruptions in electricity supply.
President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that the liquidation of the consequences of the combined attack on our infrastructure in Rivne, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Volyn and Odessa regions is ongoing.
“Once again, Russian terrorists want to scare us with cold and lack of light, repeating their actions and trying to get results from them,” the president said. Zelensky stated: the whole world sees and knows that we are defending ourselves from absolute evil, which does not understand any language except force.
This attack was one of the largest in recent months, demonstrating the continuation of Russia's aggressive actions against the civilian population of Ukraine. The international community condemned these actions and called for an immediate end to the violence.
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers closely monitors the work of community participants who daily reflect the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war both on the front lines and in the rear cities of the country. UAPP encourages photographers to submit photos for publication — those that have already become part of history and will eventually become valuable heritage and documentary evidence for generations to come.
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