On Monday, May 18, 2026, explosions were heard in the city of Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Published videos show smoke in the sky above the industrial zone.

The targets of the attack were most likely fuel and energy facilities located in the Kstovo area. However, no official statements have been made regarding this.

Earlier in the morning of May 18, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 50 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed over Russian regions overnight. However, the official report did not mention the Nizhny Novgorod region, and drones were spotted over the Oryol, Belgorod, Rostov, Tula, Kursk, and Voronezh regions, the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea, and the Sea of ​​Azov.

Details about the casualties and the extent of the destruction were not available at the time of publication.