Russian forces launched 164 strike drones and three missiles against Ukraine during the night of 18 October, damaging a civilian warehouse in Poltava Oblast
Ukrzaliznytsia deployed backup diesel locomotives across multiple Poltava routes after Russian infrastructure strikes cut power to railway sections, delaying four passenger trains by up to three hours.
A Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian military training facility in Poltava Oblast on 4 June left servicemen wounded, marking the second such strike on Ground Forces training units within four days.
Local volunteers in Poltava have removed a monument to Russian Emperor Peter I following its removal from Ukraine's official register of historical monuments.
Emergency services rescued 22 people from a residential building in Poltava after a Russian missile strike that killed five residents; there are 14 injured.