26 August 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- In Russia, they announced the downing of a drone on the approach to Moscow
- Moscow airports suspended work for an hour
- The Russian Federation actively uses tactical aviation in Zaporizhzhia
- ISW: The Russians are fighting in the Robotynoye area without rotations and reinforcements
- Air defense was working in Mariupol
- The Russians hit a cafe with people in the Kupyan district, there are casualties
- 11 Ukrainian children deported to the Russian Federation and the occupied territories were returned home
- In Poland, unknown persons intervened in the train control system and turned on the Russian national anthem
- The occupiers shelled the Kherson region at night, the wounded woman died in the hospital
- A plane crash occurred in Zhytomyr region, in which three pilots of the Air Force of Ukraine were killed and 2 L-39 aircraft were lost
- After a meeting with the Russian ambassador, Serbia abandoned the declaration of the Crimean platform
- Ukraine's ambassador to Germany cited delays in military aid as the reason for the slow counteroffensive
- Russians shelled Kherson, two women were injured
- Prime Minister of Canada: The G7 countries always knew that the war in Ukraine would be prolonged
- Belarusian border guards complain about Ukraine's provocations
- Zaluzhny discussed Ukraine's strategy at a meeting with NATO officials
- More than half of Germans are worried about the rapprochement between China and Russia
- The Russians hit the enterprise in Kherson, there is an injured person
- The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary again complains about the ineffectiveness of sanctions against Russia
- The Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated 550 invaders, 6 tanks and 11 UAVs during the day