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Ukrainian Drone Raids Kill 7, Wound 80 in Russia

By Drooid · Sep 28, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Ukrainian Drones Hit

Ukrainian drones hit the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, sparking a fire on Sept. 26.
Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratiev said the strike killed one person and injured another.
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed strikes hit defense plants in Tula and Voronezh on Sept. 28.
Russia's Defence Ministry said air defences downed 254 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Russia's drone attacks on Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded over 80 on Monday.

Summary

Ukrainian Forces Down

Ukrainian air defense shot down 134 Russian drones on September 25, the Armed Forces said.
The raid deployed 173 Shahed UAVs, over 50 jet-powered drones and Gerbera and Parody decoys.
Launch sites spanned Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Shatalovo and occupied Donetsk and Crimea.
Debris fell in eight locations and hits were recorded at 19 sites.
On September 26 Ukrainian forces neutralized 147 drones, injuring seven civilians in Kyiv with no fatalities.

History

Historical Context

In 2001, the United States executed its first combat drone strike, using an MQ-1 Predator to eliminate an al-Qaeda operative in Afghanistan. The CIA-run Predator conducted roughly 1,000 sorties that year, delivering precision missiles that killed a single high-value target and demonstrated remote warfare’s viability. Today, Ukrainian Shahed UAVs struck Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery and Russian defenses shot down 254 Ukrainian drones, mirroring the pattern noted by Zelensky and Putin. The precedent set in 2001 now drives both Kyiv and Moscow to expand UAV inventories, raising regional security risks as daily sorties exceed four hundred.

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Ukrainian Drones Hit

Ukrainian drones hit the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, sparking a fire on Sept. 26.
Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratiev said the strike killed one person and injured another.
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed strikes hit defense plants in Tula and Voronezh on Sept. 28.
Russia's Defence Ministry said air defences downed 254 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Russia's drone attacks on Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded over 80 on Monday.

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