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Russian forces launched a wave of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine overnight on October 17-18, killing at least 10 people and injuring 73 in strikes on roughly 20 locations, with ballistic missiles slamming Kyiv as air raid sirens sounded. Separate strikes killed six and injured 15 in Sloviansk, killed a 27-year-old woman in Zaporizhzhia, killed a video cameraman and a university lecturer in Poltava, and injured civilians including a child in Odesa. Ukraine's air force said it downed or jammed 152 of 180 Russian drones in one overnight wave, while a prior night saw 644 drones repelled; Kharkiv region also saw repeated drone strikes on vehicles injuring civilians. The toll adds to a pattern of near-daily bombardment despite a US-brokered