Russia Pounds Ukrainian Infrastructure in ‘Massive’ Drone, Missile Barrage

Polish air force goes on high alert, citing ‘intense’ Russian air activity over neighboring Ukraine.

Ukrainian emergency services carry out a search and rescue operation among the rubble of a destroyed hotel after a strike in the town of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Aug. 25, 2024. Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

Russia launched scores of missiles and drones at Ukrainian targets on the morning of Aug. 26, striking energy facilities across the country and killing at least five people, according to Ukrainian officials.

“It was one of the biggest combined strikes. More than a hundred missiles of various types and about a hundred Shahed drones,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post.