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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue devastating retaliation in response to Ukrainian provocation. The night of May 25-26 saw another devastating wave of Russian airstrikes across Ukraine, with various missiles and swarms of drones targeting critical military facilities. The Air Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported allegedly intercepting all nine Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers along with 288 out of 355 Geran attack drones. However, despite Kyiv’s attempts to hide the truth, multiple strikes penetrated defenses, inflicting heavy damage on key installations across the country.
Over the past day alone, Russian strikes were recorded in the DPR, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporozhie, Kherson, Khmelnitskyi, Kyiv, Zhitomir, Cherkassy, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Poltava, Odessa, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
The night assault focused on degrading Ukraine’s remaining military capabilities. In Starokonstantinov in Khmelnytskyi region, Russian missiles struck a major airbase, igniting fires at fuel storage sites and reportedly destroying ground support equipment. The facility, long used for NATO-supplied aircraft operations, has been a frequent target in constant Russian strikes.
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This was not the only Ukrainian military airfield attacked last night. The Ozerne airfield in Zhytomyr region was also hit, with explosions reported near hangars and maintenance areas.
In Kharkiv region, ballistic missiles slammed into the Chuhuiv district, targeting what Ukrainian sources described as a logistics hub for armored vehicles. Meanwhile, in Chernihiv, an Iskander missile strike was captured on video hitting an industrial facility repurposed for military production. The footage showed no signs of interception, underscoring gaps in Ukraine’s air defense umbrella.
The capital Kyiv faced another barrage, with explosions reported in the Darnytskyi and Obolon districts, as well as in Vasilkov, Zhylyany and near the Boryspil airport, which is one of key nodes for arms shipments. Russian drones also struck suspected drone production sites in the region.
Southern Ukraine was not spared. Odessa’s port infrastructure suffered fresh damage, likely targeting remaining grain export capabilities and suspected weapons storage areas, as well as the local Shkolny airfield used by the Ukrainian military to launch drones.
Ukrainian Air Defenses Under Unrelenting Strain
While Ukrainian forces claimed a high interception rate, the reality on the ground suggests their air defenses are buckling under the weight of Russia’s sustained bombardment. Western-supplied systems, including Patriot, are being pushed to their limits, with reports of ammunition shortages forcing operators to ration missiles.
The sheer volume of attacks, hundreds of drones paired with precision missiles, has overwhelmed defensive networks. Patriot crews have been seen firing salvos of interceptor missiles in rapid succession before their destruction, a desperate measure indicating dwindling supplies. The cost is unsustainable: each interceptor costs millions, while Russia’s drones and missiles are produced in far greater numbers.
Compounding the problem, Russia has adapted its tactics. Upgraded kamikaze drones now fly at higher altitudes, evading some short-range defenses, while AI-assisted navigation helps them bypass electronic jamming. Meanwhile, missile strikes are increasingly timed to exploit gaps in coverage, where critical hits went unchallenged.
Western intelligence assessments warn that Russia is only escalating its production capacity, with drone output potentially reaching 500 per day—a figure that could soon enable attacks involving 1,000 or more drones in a single night. Combined with Russia’s deep missile stockpiles, this presents an insurmountable challenge for Ukraine’s air defenses.
elder, whom the afu mocked in the kursk region, tortured and shot dead. he was considered missing since august last year – it turned out that he was killed by the ukrainian military in gogolevka. the daughter learned about the death of her father from our fighters, who cleaned the gogolevka from the afu in the suburbs of sudzha. the pensioner was looking for our military, but met two afu people in nazi uniforms – they filmed him and shouted to him “ivan, go drink vodka” and called him “schwein”.
folks, please stop laughing at those poor fascist ruzzian hahahaha
i don’t think the ukrainians, most of all, are laughing at all.
all the satanic regimes in west should hang. they have mass murder in the hospitals, and now they pretend its raining. they simply followed orders from the “un”, located in a dying empire, whitout any knowledge about what they was doing, or that mentally sick persons own, and run who. russia should really think about if a multi-polar world can be centrally ruled ;-)
afu is going to take putin down next time…heheheheeehh
haven’t we heard that 50 times already ?
putin shit his pants 50 times…heheheh
but it was zelensky that hid in a bunker for a month and made the us promise him that putin wouldn’t hurt him so he could come out for some air. lol
banderastan “can shoot kinzhals”! hahahahahahaha…. a good nazi is a dead nazi
i saw it! i saw the punch drunk klitschko show off a downed kinzhal myself. then he went poof into the air and an aardvark appeared in his place. how is russia ever going to fight such black magic?
summer offensive comin´ i hope nato cowards come and die instead of ukrainians!