Air raid alert
The General Staff confirmed that two command posts of the occupiers near Donetsk were hit. Enemy facilities in Crimea, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions were also damaged.
Dust and elevated CO2 levels were recorded in Kyiv region following the Russian attack. Experts advise keeping windows closed and limiting time spent outdoors.
Romanian radars detected a group of aerial targets in Ukraine near the border. Two Spanish F-18s and an IAR-330 were scrambled for monitoring.
In Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, a man was injured during the Russian attack. He is receiving medical assistance.
During Russia's drone attack on Kyiv, debris fell in two districts. A car and a sports complex building were damaged.
Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and ballistic missiles, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings. Fires at enterprises in Chubynske are being extinguished.
An Ozon warehouse caught fire in Blagoveshchensk after a drone attack. Residents of Sterlitamak reported explosions, while the airport in Ufa was closed.
At night, Russia launched 258 drones, Oniks missiles, and Iskander/KN-23 ballistic missiles at Ukraine. Air defense destroyed or suppressed 233 aerial targets.
Warehouses and private homes were damaged in the Kyiv region in the overnight attack. A fire broke out in Boryspil district; there are no casualties.
Russia attacked Odesa region with missiles and drones for more than 7 hours. A multi-story building, two educational institutions and infrastructure were damaged; there were no casualties.
A gymnasium was damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi district, and windows were blown out at a medical facility. In the Podilskyi district, debris fell between buildings; there were no casualties.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv, air defense was active, and debris fell in the courtyard of a building. Two people were injured in Kryvyi Rih, and civilian infrastructure was damaged in the Sumy region.
The drone entered Moldova from the Ukrainian side near Palanca and returned five minutes later. Chișinău reports regular incidents.
In Lozova, a Russian strike caused a fire at a business center and damaged high-rise buildings. Ten people were injured, including people in serious condition.
There are 11,622 kindergartens operating in Ukraine, but places and waiting lists are determined by local communities. A total of 9,270 institutions have shelters, and the state has allocated UAH 1 billion.
During the night of August 26, Russia launched 162 drones at Ukraine. Air defense shot down or suppressed 134 of them; hits were recorded at 18 locations.
The governor of the Tambov Region confirmed a drone attack on the Wildberries center in Kotovsk. One employee was injured, and the fire affected an area of more than 100,000 square meters.
An air raid alert and drones were reported in the Kstovo area, after which a fire broke out. There is no official confirmation of the attack.
A Russian UAV struck a suburban train in Mykolaiv region. The passengers and locomotive crew were unharmed after being evacuated in advance.
Russian forces attacked five districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, artillery and aerial bombs. Buildings were damaged, and a fire broke out in Pavlohrad.
Russia launched two missiles and 150 drones at Ukraine. Air defense destroyed or suppressed 124 unmanned aerial vehicles; hits were recorded at 17 locations.
Romanian radars detected a target 4 km from Vylkove. Two Spanish F-18s were scrambled for monitoring, and the population of Tulcea was warned.
Drone fragments were discovered in the village of Cișlia after Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine. The aircraft did not carry an explosive charge; its origin is being established.
In Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi District, debris from a jet-powered UAV damaged a 16-story building. A strike was reported near the Lavina Mall shopping center; the consequences are being clarified.
Maia Sandu linked the violation of Moldova’s airspace to a lack of assistance to Ukraine in intercepting drones. According to her, Russia deliberately sent a drone at least once.
Kremlin spokesman Peskov said that Russia would continue shelling Kyiv in response to drone strikes on facilities in the Russian Federation. The statements came amid attacks on Ozon warehouses.
A Russian drone damaged a high-rise building in central Chernihiv. Among the 20 injured are two children; a woman is in serious condition.
The Russian attack caused fires at two shopping centers in Odesa region, one of which covered 35,000 sq. m. Four people were injured.
The Prosecutor General's Office notified Valery Gerasimov of the suspicion over the attack on Kyiv on July 2, 2026. Twenty civilians were killed and 32 were injured.
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s defense industry needs to scale up the production of drones and long-range systems. The President called for creating protection against Russian ballistic missiles.