# Russia Launches 140 Drones and Guided Missiles at Ukraine as Both Sides Target Power and Logistics

*Monday, October 26, 2026 at 8:07 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-10-26T08:07:23.950Z (3h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Russia sent about 140 drones and several guided missiles toward Ukraine overnight, while claiming hits on drone depots and high‑voltage substations, as Ukraine reported intercepting most of the incoming weapons but confirmed strikes at 15 locations and new damage to energy and storage sites.

Ukraine’s air defence network faced a large overnight barrage on 25–26 October, as Russia launched guided missiles and around 140 drones at targets across the country, concentrating again on power infrastructure, warehouses and industrial sites.

Ukraine’s military reported that Russia fired one Kh‑31P anti‑radiation missile, three Kh‑59/69 guided missiles and 140 drones, including about 70 jet‑powered Shahed‑type systems. Ukrainian forces said they shot down or suppressed all three Kh‑59/69 missiles and 112 of the drones.

Despite the interception rate, the air force recorded impacts from Russian weapons at 15 locations and debris from downed missiles or drones falling on four other sites. It did not immediately publish a consolidated casualty figure in the material provided.

Russia’s defence ministry issued its own account of the strikes. It said that in Kharkiv region, its forces hit a storage facility containing mid‑ and long‑range drones and their components in the town of Vilshany, and struck the “Zalyutine” 330 kV electrical substation on the western outskirts of Kharkiv City. In Khmelnytskyi region, the ministry reported hitting another electrical substation that powers logistical infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces.

On the ground, Ukrainian‑aligned reporting described a range of visible damage. In Zaporizhzhia City, a Russian Geran‑4 jet‑drone struck the “City Mall” shopping centre in the Oleksandrivskyi district, causing a large fire. In Chernihiv Oblast, Geran‑2/4 drones hit a warehouse facility. Aftermath footage showed a heavily damaged building, though details about the stored goods were not provided.

These attacks came as Russia also claimed to have used Geran‑4 drones against five dry cargo ships in the western Black Sea, and as separate Russian operations targeted warehouse facilities in Chernihiv region. Ukraine, for its part, continued its own long‑range drone and missile attacks, including on industrial and transport infrastructure in Russian regions such as Voronezh and Sverdlovsk.

For Ukrainian cities and industrial hubs, the renewed focus on 330 kV substations and storage sites highlights a familiar pattern: repeated strikes on nodes that keep both the economy and the war effort running. Each hit risks localised power cuts and forces repair crews back onto already stressed grids.

Key indicators in the coming days will be how quickly damaged substations and facilities in Kharkiv and Khmelnytskyi regions return to normal operation, whether Russia repeats similar large‑scale drone launches as temperatures fall, and how Ukraine’s allies respond on air defence resupply and energy support.