Russia launched missile attacks on Ukraine, while air defense forces in Mykolayiv Oblast shot down three drones, regional governor Vitaliy Kim announced on Oct. 12.
Vitaliy Kim reported that one of the downed UAVs caused a fire on a farm in the Bashtanka district, with falling fragments igniting dry grass in an open area; all fires were quickly extinguished, and there were no casualties.
On the night of Oct. 12, Russian forces launched several groups of Shahed drones toward Ukraine, triggering air alerts in multiple oblasts and resulting in explosions heard in Sumy and Zaporizhzhya.