Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of November 25 and 26.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Rostov Oblast and 90 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other drones, of which about 55 were Shahed-type drones, from Kursk City; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Hvardiiske, Crimea.[126] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 72 drones and that the missiles and 10 drones hit 10 locations. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck energy, civilian, residential, and rail infrastructure in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhia oblasts.[127]
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Ukraine’s air defense shot down or suppressed 72 drones overnight (out of 90 launched), including Shaheds and other UAV types, along with intercepting 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles fired from Russia. Strikes hit 10 locations.
Ukrainian forces struck a defense industrial enterprise in Russia on the night of November 25 to 26. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces struck and started a fire at the Russian Joint Stock Company VNIIR-Progress Plant in Cheboksary, Chuvashia Republic, which produces navigation equipment and components for cruise and ballistic missiles.[38] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the plant produces GNSS receivers and antennas for GLONASS, GPS, and Galileo satellite systems, such as Comet-type modules that Russian forces use in Shahed-type drones, Iskander-M ballistic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles, and navigation kits for glide bombs. Geolocated footage published on November 26 shows a drone strike and fires near the VNIIR plant.[39] Chuvashia Republic Head Oleg Nikolaev claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted a “massive” drone strike against Cheboksary, damaging two residential buildings.[40]
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The US government even pretended to be the authors of this document, when it was so obviously Russian.
We now have an official leak confirming that this so-called “peace proposal” was completely fabricated by the Russians. The US government even pretended to be the authors of this document, when it was so obviously Russia
- The Russian “University Shifts” program continues to deport Ukrainian children to Russia to prepare them for future careers in Russia.
- Russian federal subjects (regions) continue to facilitate the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia using established patronage ties.
- Russian authorities are trying to attract Russian medical workers to occupied Ukraine to compensate for an increasingly catastrophic shortage of medical personnel. Russia’s handling of the medical crisis indicates that Russia is in violation of its obligations as an occupying power under the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, which requires Russia to ensure medical supplies to the population it occupies.
- The Crimea occupation administration has become embroiled in another corruption scandal, highlighting the ways in which Russian officials and regime loyalists use their proximity to the occupation of Ukraine for self-aggrandizement.
- Russian occupation courts continue to pass harsh espionage charges against Ukrainians for perceived anti-Russian behavior.
- Russia continues to invest in the development of tourist potential in occupied Ukraine.
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**General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine**
*Operational information as of 22:00 on 26.11.2025 regarding the Russian invasion*
In total, 216 combat clashes have taken place since the beginning of this day.
The invaders carried out 41 air strikes, dropping 103 guided bombs. In addition, the Russians used 3,178 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,972 shelling attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
- - In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled two assaults by the occupiers since the beginning of the day. The enemy also carried out two air strikes, using nine guided bombs, and carried out 162 shelling attacks, two of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
- - In the South Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 11 times and was repelled near Vovchansk, Synelnykove, Ambarne, and Dvorichanske.
- - In the Kupiansk direction, enemy units carried out five assaults, trying to break through to the positions of our defenders in the direction of the settlements of Pishchane and Petropavlivka.
- - In the Lyman direction, since the beginning of the day, Russian invaders have attacked Ukrainian positions 43 times near the settlements of Hrekivka, Novovodyane, Novoyegorivka, Novoselivka, Kopanky, Kolodyazi, Serednie, Ridkodub, Karpivka, Zarichne, and in the direction of the settlements of Lyman and Drobysheve. Currently, Ukrainian defenders are repelling enemy attacks in 14 locations.
- - In the Sloviansk direction, the enemy attempted to break through seven times in the areas of Yampil, Serebryanka, Dronivka, Vyimka, and Sacco and Vanzetti.
- - In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled four attacks in the area of Chasovoy Yar and in the direction of Predtechino.
- - In the Kostyantynivka direction, the Russians attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 31 times. The occupiers concentrated their offensive efforts in the areas of the settlements of Yablunivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopilya, Rusyn Yar, and in the direction of Kostyantynivka and Sofiivka.
- - Since the beginning of the day, Russian units have attempted to break through Ukrainian defenses 49 times in the areas of the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Fedorivka, Nikanorivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Novoeekonomichne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Yalta, and Dachne. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.
Defense forces are holding back enemy assaults, and the enemy is suffering significant losses — today, 126 occupiers were neutralized in this direction, 94 of whom were killed. Our defenders destroyed one motor vehicle and 20 unmanned aerial vehicles, and also hit an artillery system and ten shelters for enemy personnel.
- - In the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian units stopped 14 enemy attacks on the positions of our troops near the settlements of Ivanivka, Zelenyi Hai, Oleksiivka, Pryvilne, and Krasnohirsk.
- - In the Huliaipole direction, our defenders stopped 17 enemy attempts to advance near the settlements of Zatyshshya, Solodke, Yablukove, Zelenyi Hai, and towards Huliaipole.
- - In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian units stopped two enemy attacks on the positions of our troops near the settlement of Primorske.
- - In the Dnipro direction, no combat clashes have been recorded at this time.
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