Missile
Missile event in Poltava, Chuthove area, Ukraine on Tue 26th May 2026
26th May 2026
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Over the last 24 hours, Russia launched 6 Iskander-M ballistic missiles at Ukraine, in two waves of three. This was not a large-scale, combined missile and drone attack, but rather an unusually large number of ballistic strikes.
The missiles were launched from the following locations:
- 2 from Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, targeting the city of Dnipro and the vicinity of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- 1 from Yeysk, Kranodar Krai, targeting the city of Vilnohirsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- 1 from Liski, Voronezh Oblast, targeting the city of Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast.
- 1 from Donetsk City, targeting the vicinity of Chuthove, Poltava Oblast.
- 1 from Crimea, targeting Odesa City.
The following targets were hit, each by one ballistic missile:
- "PAKS" Plastics Compounding and Recycling facility in Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast (50.08335, 36.14245)
- A military base in the Zastava District of Odesa City (somewhere around 46.47775, 30.66739).
- The "Korsa" logistics centre in Dnipro City (48.53631, 35.10779).
- An unknown target near Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- An unknown target near Chuthove, Poltava Oblast.
- An unknown target near Vilnohirsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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