Explosions were reported near Mykolaiv in the early hours of November 17 following sightings of enemy attack drones heading toward the city, according to Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych. The blasts near Mykolaiv were first heard at approximately 4:40 AM.

Russian forces have started deploying deadly thermobaric drones alongside numerous decoy UAVs, which are not armed with explosives, in their large-scale drone attacks against Ukraine. Source: Associated Press (AP) Details: A factory in Russia's Alabuga special economic zone recently began producing thermobaric drones along with decoys,

More than half of the drones launched at Ukraine from Russia in recent weeks have been fakes — knockoffs of horrifying thermobaric bombs that can collapse lungs, crush eyeballs and cause brain damage,