Ukrainian forces down 201 air targets during Russia's massive August 26 attack

Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reports.

On the night August 26, the invading Russian forces launched a massive combined attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure, in particular, on the country's fuel and energy sector, using various types of air-, land-, and sea-launched missiles.

Oleshchuk reported that a total of 236 Russian vehicles were detected and tracked by the Air Force's radio engineering troops: 127 missiles and 109 UAVs:

• 3 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Ryazan and Lipetsk regions of Russia;
• 6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Kursk and Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation and from Crimea;
• 77 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS aircraft from the airspace of Volgograd region and the Caspian Sea region;
• 28 Kalibr cruise missiles from surface/underwater carriers in the eastern part of the Black Sea;
• 3 Kh-22 cruise missiles from the airspace of Voronezh region of the Russian Federation;
• 10 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles from Su-57 and Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of Belgorod region and from the area of Mariupol;
• 109 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs - launch areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeysk - Russia, and Chauda - Crimea.

All available weapons and equipment were used to repel the air attack: aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Force, mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and electronic warfare units. In total, 201 air targets were shot down as a result of the air combat - 102 missiles and 99 UAVs:

• 1 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile;
• 1 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile
• 1 Kh-22 cruise missile;
• 99 Kh-101, Kalibr cruise missiles, Kh-59/69 guided missiles;
• 99 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs.

In addition, several UAVs were lost on the territory of Ukraine, and two more crossed the state border with Belarus, the Air Force commander noted.

• On August 26, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chaired a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff following a massive Russian attack. According to him, Russia has launched 127 missiles of various types and 109 drones at Ukraine
• In the evening of August 25, the Russian army launched attack UAVs on the territory of Ukraine. On the morning of August 26, 11 Russian Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 aircraft were spotted. The attack resulted in deaths and injuries, and destruction in various regions.