Cluster Bomb / Submunition event in Kremenchuk Oil Refinery area, Ukraine on Tue 22nd September 2026

22nd September 2026

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Large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

Preliminarily, the following missiles were used:

~11 Oniks-M supersonic cruise missiles.

~6 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.

~5 Kalibr cruise missiles

~4 Kn-23 ballistic missiles.

~2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

~28 missiles in total.

Around 8 S8000 Banderol cruise missiles also targeted Kremenchuk.

Strikes were carried out on the cities of Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchuk, Dnipro, and Pavlohrad, in Dnipropetrovak and Poltava Oblasts.

Kryvyi Rih was struck by ~5 Kalibrs, ~2 Oniks-Ms, ~2 Kn-23, and ~2 Zircons.

Kremenchuk was struck by ~5 Oniks-Ms and ~2 Iskander-M with cluster warheads.

Dnipro was struck by 4 Oniks-Ms and ~1 Kn-23.

Pavlohrad was struck by ~4 Zircons and ~1 Kn-23.

(These numbers will likely be adjusted further in the coming hours)

Targets hit include the Kryvyi Rih Metallurgical Plant, the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant, the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery, and an unknown industrial target in eastern Dnipro.

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Ukraine (UKR)

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