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Russian missile and drone escalation against Ukraine

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The conflict has entered a new phase of escalation as both sides increasingly target critical infrastructure and military assets. In early September 2026, Ukraine significantly expanded its long-range strike capabilities, targeting natural gas processing plants in the Yamal-Nenets Arctic region and chemical plants in the Perm and Samara regions. During this period, Ukrainian drone forces reported the death of Russian General Anton Grunis in eastern Ukraine. In response, Russia intensified its aerial campaign. In mid-September, extensive missile and drone attacks struck Kyiv, damaging a school, residential buildings, and offices, injuring at least 16 people, including two children. In Odesa, drone strikes hit a maternity hospital and an administrative building, injuring at least ten people. In northern Ukraine, a Russian glide bomb struck an apartment building in Sumy, killing two people. Concurrently, Ukraine targeted a military airfield in the Rostov region, damaging several aircraft and helicopters. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also reported a drone strike on a cooling tower at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia, expressing “grave concern regarding the safety of nuclear facilities in the conflict zone.” By late September, massive waves of attacks involving approximately 188 drones and ballistic missiles hit the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv and the Trypilska thermal power plant, causing widespread power disruptions and at least five deaths. In early October, Russian strikes targeted major bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv. In late October, heavy attacks on energy infrastructure left more than 500,000 people without power across ~~regions including Zhytomyr, Volyn, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, and Rivne. Officials noted these~~ several regions. On October 30, a Russian drone attack on a major railway station in Dnipro killed at least 14 people while they waited for a train. Other strikes ~~are particularly impactful during colder months due to~~ on that day hit a ~~shortage of air defense missiles.~~ student dormitory in Dnipro and storage facilities in Kyiv.

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