Missile event in Poltava area, Ukraine on Mon 23rd March 2026

23rd March 2026

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Last night, another large-scale, combined Russian missile and drone attack was carried out on Ukraine.

Missiles launched:

~12 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 2 Tu-160M strategic bombers at their launch lines over the Caspian Sea in Limansky District, Astrakhan Oblast.

~12 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 4 Tu-95MS strategic bombers at their launch lines over the Caspian Sea in Limansky District, Astrakhan Oblast.

~6 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 2 Tu-95MS strategic bombers at their launch lines in Volgoda Oblast.

~6 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Taganrog, Rostov Oblast.

~2 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched OTRK installation(s) near Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast.

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Total missiles launched:

~30 Kh-101 cruise missiles

~8 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles.

~38 missiles in total.

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Ukrainian air defence work:

As of the time of writing, it appears that Ukrainian air defence was able to intercept at least 16 Kh-101 cruise missiles.

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The main targets for this strike was Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The following was targeted:

- Industrial facility near 49.566336, 34.536756 in Poltava City, Poltava Oblast by ~2 Iskander-Ms

- Unknown target in southern Khmelnytskyi Oblast by ~ 10 Kh-101 cruise missiles.

- Unknown target near Ivankiv, Kyiv Oblast by ~4 Kh-101 cruise missiles.

- Unknown target in Zaporizhzhia City by ~2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles by ~2 Iskander-Ms.

- Unknown target near Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast by ~2 Iskander-Ms.

- Unknown target in Zaporizhzhia City by ~2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles by ~1 Iskander-M.

- Unknown target on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia City by ~1 Iskander-M.

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Keep in mind, the numbers of missiles launched may be slightly higher than what I've listed, as the number of missiles detected is sometimes lower than actual launches.

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Ukraine (UKR)

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