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Ukraine Situation Report, 26 October 2026: The Naga Report 022

Writer: chris Naganuma
chris Naganuma
3 days ago
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Project Leaflet stat card: The Naga Report edition 022, 2026-10-26, threat level HIGH. 144 drones and missiles launched overnight; 115 downed or suppressed by air defense; 15 locations hit, per the Air Force; 177 front-line clashes on 25 October.

The Naga Report 022 // 2026-10-26 // day 1706 of the war // threat level HIGH. Coverage: 24h to 08:00 Kyiv, 26 Oct 2026, data cut 08:00 Kyiv.


Threat level HIGH. 144 drones and missiles launched with hits at 15 locations [1]; strikes reported in 11 oblasts; 2 civilians killed and 35 injured in the Kyiv Independent day tally [2]; new power outages in six oblasts and hourly schedules in Kyiv and 11 oblasts [3][4].


Bottom line

1. Russia launched 140 drones and 4 missiles overnight; the Air Force reports 115 downed or suppressed, hits at 15 locations, and an attack still under way at 08:00 [1].


2. The grid took the damage: Ukrenergo reported new outages after strikes in six oblasts, and hourly schedules apply in Kyiv and 11 oblasts on 26 October [3][4].


3. Kyiv Independent's tally puts the past day at 2 civilians killed and 35 injured, with Zaporizhzhia hit repeatedly [2].


4. DeepState marked Russian gains near Kostiantynivka and Vozdvyzhivka, while ISW credits Ukraine with slow but tactically significant gains in the Oleksandrivka direction [6][7].


5. Ukraine kept hitting Russian industry: Fire Point says Voronezhsyntezkauchuk took another FP-1, and the General Staff confirmed a strike on the Energiya battery plant in Yelets [8][9].


The night in numbers

144 drones and missiles launched overnight [1]

115 downed or suppressed by air defense [1]

15 locations hit, per the Air Force [1]

177 front-line clashes on 25 October [5]

35 civilians injured in a day, Kyiv Independent tally (2 killed) [2]

6 oblasts with new power outages after strikes [3]


Overnight air attack

From 18:00 on 25 October the Air Force tracked 140 drones, 70 of them jet-powered, launched from Orel, Kursk, Shatalovo and Millerovo in Russia and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea, plus one Kh-31P anti-radar missile and three Kh-59/69 guided missiles, the latter launched from occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts [1]. It reported 115 targets downed or suppressed, hits at 15 locations and debris at four, and said the attack was continuing at 08:00 [1]. The report gives no fate for the Kh-31P or for the 28 drones not listed as downed [1].


Dozens of energy workers in hard hats gather on the floor and walkways of a large power plant turbine hall, among opened-up machinery and pipework.

File photo, April 2026. Energy workers gather in the turbine hall of a Ukrainian power plant during a Ministry of Energy visit to a generation site the ministry says has been struck many times. It does not show the attack of 25 to 26 October. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


About twenty power plant workers in hard hats stand in a row on a raised walkway in front of a damaged wall covered with metal sheeting.

File photo, April 2026. Power plant staff stand in front of a damaged wall patched with metal sheeting, during the same Ministry of Energy visit. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


Drones launched (Shahed, Gerbera, Parodiya decoys): 140 [1]

of which jet-powered: 70 [1]

Missiles launched (1 Kh-31P, 3 Kh-59/69): 4 [1]

Drones downed or suppressed (56 jet-powered): 112 [1]

Kh-59/69 missiles downed: 3 [1]

Locations with hits / with debris: 15 / 4 [1]


Oblast by oblast

Zaporizhzhia (HIGH). Overnight strikes injured four people in the city and damaged a hotel, two buses and a house; three cars burned, per the State Emergency Service [10]. Ivan Fedorov, co-head of the regional Defense Council, counted 857 strikes on 52 settlements on 25 October, including two missiles on the city, and 8 injured in Zaporizhzhia [11].


An orange truck-mounted aerial lift raises its work basket beside a steel transmission tower while a worker in blue overalls stands at the foot of the tower.

File photo, August 2025. A repair crew raises an aerial lift beside a high-voltage transmission tower; the Ministry of Energy says the truck went to Zaporizhzhia's regional grid company for line repairs. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


Five blue-grey electrical transformers with cardboard-covered tops strapped to the bed of an open lorry.

File photo, February 2023. Transformers loaded on a lorry, part of a shipment the Ministry of Energy says it sent to Kherson Oblast's grid company to repair damaged facilities. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


Donetsk (HIGH). Regional head Vadym Filashkin reported one person killed in Kramatorsk and 10 injured over the past day: 4 in Sloviansk, 3 in Kramatorsk, and one each in Donetske, Serhiivka and Dmytro-Dariivka [12].


Kherson (HIGH). Regional head Oleksandr Prokudin reported 1 killed and 8 injured on 25 October as Russian forces attacked 31 settlements; a minibus, a shop and a gas pipeline were damaged [13].


Kharkiv (MED). Regional head Oleh Syniehubov reported 6 injured over the past day in Kharkiv, Krasnopavlivka and Izium, two of them with acute stress reactions [14]. Late item, reported 12:06 Kyiv: a drone killed a 74-year-old woman in Shevchenkove, Kupiansk district, according to district head Andrii Kanashevych [15].


Chernihiv (MED). Over the past day, strikes injured a man in Pryluky district, where a company hangar was hit, and a woman in Novhorod-Siverskyi district, where a grain store burned; a warehouse caught fire in Koriukivka district [16].


Sumy (MED). The regional administration reported attacks on 11 communities over the day; two women aged 76 and 56 were hurt when a drone hit a house in the Sumy community [17].


Dnipropetrovsk (MED). Regional head Oleksandr Hanzha reported more than 10 drone strikes overnight on Nikopol district, including Marhanets and Pokrov, damaging an apartment block; no casualties [18]. On 25 October more than 40 attacks hit three districts and injured one person [18].


Odesa (MED). Overnight strikes damaged a private industrial enterprise and a garage cooperative, hitting the sites several times and starting large fires, per regional head Oleh Kiper. No casualties [19].


Khmelnytskyi (MED). An overnight strike damaged an energy facility in Kamianets-Podilskyi district, causing emergency power cuts, per regional head Serhii Tiurin; no casualties [20].


Kyiv Oblast (LOW). Police reported eight houses and a car damaged in Vyshhorod district, and a 47-year-old woman injured in Obukhiv district, in a report published at 11:20 on 26 October [21].


Poltava (LOW). On 25 October at about 10:01 a drone hit the Epicentr store in Poltava, injuring a 52-year-old woman and starting a fire, per regional head Vitalii Diakivnych [22].


Front line

Where the line moved: DeepState marked Russian advances near Kostiantynivka and Vozdvyzhivka in an update late on 25 October [6]. ISW says Ukrainian forces are making slow but tactically significant gains in the Oleksandrivka direction and assesses a Russian advance in the Novopavlivka direction, both on observer reporting rather than footage [7]. The General Staff counted 177 clashes on 25 October, 36 on the Pokrovsk axis [5]. Late item, 11:05 Kyiv on 26 October: the Russian MoD claims Obshchee in Zaporizhzhia Oblast [23].


Pokrovsk, 36 clashes. Serhiivka, Molodetske, Vilne, Novyi Donbas [5]. ISW cites footage of Russian forces still trying to expand their infiltration in central Dobropillia, not control; milblogger claims to Bilytske unconfirmed [7].


Huliaipole, 13 clashes. Fighting at Uspishne, Rizdvianka, Dolynka, Hirke, Yehorivka [5]. DeepState marked a Russian advance near Vozdvyzhivka [6].


Kostiantynivka, 12 clashes. Raiske, Mykolaipillia, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka [5]. DeepState marked a Russian advance near Kostiantynivka; no km2 given [6].


Lyman, 8 clashes. Zelena Dolyna, Kolodiazi, Stavky, Zarichne [5]. No confirmed change.


Kharkiv border, 8 clashes. General Staff South Slobozhanshchyna axis: Radkivka, Bochkove, Okhrimivka [5]. ISW saw no evidence of Russian advances toward Velykyi Burluk [7]. No confirmed change.


Sumy border, 3 clashes. General Staff North Slobozhanshchyna axis: Bachivsk, Oleksiivka [5]. No confirmed change; ISW saw no Russian advance toward Sumy [7].


Oleksandrivka, 0 clashes. No Russian assaults [5]. Observer Mashovets, cited by ISW, says Ukrainian forces retook Perebudova, Komar and Fedorivka (claim, not geolocated) [7].


Incident map

The Naga Report 022 incident map of Ukraine for 2026-10-26: numbered incident markers sized by severity and front axes ringed with clash counts.

Incident map, 2026-10-26. Graphic: Project Leaflet. Map outlines: @svg-maps/ukraine, CC BY 4.0


1. Zaporizhzhia (Strike). Overnight strike injured 4; hotel, buses and a house damaged. [10]

2. Kherson (Strike). 1 killed and 8 injured across the oblast on 25 October; minibus damaged. [13]

3. Kramatorsk (Strike). 1 killed and 3 injured over the day; 4 more injured in nearby Sloviansk. [12]

4. Kharkiv (Strike). A man and a boy treated for acute stress. [14]

5. Izium (Strike). Two men injured. [14]

6. Pryluky district (Drone). Company hangar hit, a man injured (marker at Pryluky town). [16]

7. Sumy (Drone). Drone hit a house, two women hurt. [17]

8. Nikopol district (Drone). More than 10 drone strikes overnight, apartment block damaged. [18]

9. Kamianets-Podilskyi district (Energy). Energy facility damaged, emergency power cuts (marker at the district centre). [20]


Ukrainian long-range strikes

Voronezh, overnight into 26 October: Fire Point said Voronezhsyntezkauchuk had again taken one of its FP-1 drones [8]. Governor Gusev said 113 drones were downed and fires broke out at industrial sites; Kyiv Independent reported at 14:02 that he gave 2 killed and 17 injured (Russian official figures, not verified) [24].


Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast: the General Staff confirmed hits on a power-cell workshop at the Energiya plant on 25 October and overnight, saying it makes batteries for guided-bomb kits and Iskander-M missiles [9].


The Russian MoD claims 290 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight over Moscow region and 15 other regions (claim) [25].


Naval picture

The Russian MoD said on 25 October its drones hit a cargo ship bound for Chornomorsk overnight and another bound for Odesa during the day; Reuters could not verify the claim [26].


Late item, 14:22 Kyiv: Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said the Black Sea Fleet has not left Novorossiysk for five months and now launches Kalibr missiles from the harbour [27].


The Navy's daily count of Russian warships at sea was not found for 26 October.


Travel, rail, energy, border, FX

Rail: Late item, 09:13 Kyiv: Ukrzaliznytsia reported six Kharkiv trains late, the worst by 2 h 50 min; no cause given [30].

Energy: New outages after attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts [3]; hourly schedules in Kyiv and 11 oblasts [4].

Air travel: No new information in the window.

Border: At 09:00 the longest car queues were 40 at Ustyluh and 30 at Krakivets and Uzhhorod [31].

FX: NBU official rate for 26 October: UAH 45.2021 per USD, 50.5766 per EUR [32].


Watch list

Oleshky: the General Staff says a local ceasefire takes effect at 03:00 Kyiv on 27 October; other officials give 29 October, and the Kherson regional administration says about 2,000 residents remain, nearly 50 of them children [28].


Five energy workers in orange and white hard hats stand on a gantry among large pipes inside a power plant.

File photo, April 2026. Energy workers on a gantry inside a Ukrainian power plant. Repair speed at plants like this will shape how long the hourly outage schedules last. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via mev.gov.ua.


Zelensky says technical trilateral talks with Russia and the US must come before any leaders' meeting, with an energy ceasefire, a Black Sea deal and prisoner swaps on the table [29].


Dobropillia: ISW tracks Russian efforts to expand an infiltration zone in the town centre; watch for consolidation or a DeepState change [7].


Grid: Ukrenergo asked consumers to limit use from 16:00 to 22:00 on 26 October [3].


Key media updates


Sources

31. TSN (State Border Guard Service), Queues to leave Ukraine, 26 Oct


Method. Figures come from the Ukrainian Air Force and General Staff morning reports, regional administrations, ISW, DeepState map updates and named outlets, for the 24 hours to 08:00 Kyiv; later items are flagged. Russian MoD figures and Ukrainian loss counts are claims. Map points are city or district centres taken from Wikipedia infoboxes. An independent fact-check pass checked every figure against its cited page before publication.


The Naga Report is Project Leaflet's free daily Ukraine situation report. The full five-page PDF edition goes out on t.me/TheLeaflet, and the morning deep read lands here in The Daily Sitrep.

 
 
 

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