26 February 2026 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• The Russian Federation attacked with 420 drones and almost 40 missiles, anti-aircraft defense neutralized Zircons and 4 ballistic missiles of the Russian Federation, there were hits in 32 locations
• The Russians damaged a five-story building in Kryvyi Rih with a drone
• There were fires in two districts of Kyiv due to the Russian attack, and a nine-story building was damaged
• In Kharkiv and the region, 16 people were injured, and a high-rise building and a gas pipeline were hit
• There is destruction in Poltava region, people are without electricity, in Kirovohrad region – a person is injured
• More than 90,000 Ukrainians are officially considered missing
• Sikorsky estimated the cost of the defense of NATO countries in the east in the event of an attack by the Russian Federation at more than a trillion euros
• The President of the European Parliament called on the EU to act faster against Russia's shadow fleet
• Orban wrote a letter to Zelensky and called for a change in anti-Hungarian policy
• Macron is preparing an update of France's nuclear doctrine
• Rubio: The US continues to put pressure on Moscow and does not apply sanctions against Ukraine
• Rubio: Trump does not understand why Ukraine and Russia cannot end the war
• Sikorsky said that Ukrainian immigrants are more active professionally than Poles
• 1,000 bodies were returned to Ukraine, which, according to the Russian Federation, belong to Ukrainian defenders
• Orban asks the EU for an expert inspection of the state of the Druzhba oil pipeline
• The Prime Minister of Denmark announced early elections
• The Armed Forces hit the radar stations of the Russians in Crimea
• In Serbia, on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, a monument to Shevchenko was covered with paint
• Romania declared an air alert on the border with Ukraine twice a day
• Sweden intercepted a Russian drone near a French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
• The Prime Minister of Lithuania called Hungary's blocking of sanctions against the Russian Federation and aid to Ukraine unacceptable
• France will block access to 35 Russian sites and channels
• A pro-Russian activist who denied Soviet crimes was sentenced in Lithuania
• The special service of Latvia handed over the case of glorification of war crimes of the Russian Federation to the prosecutor's office
• Graffiti with insults against the Ukrainian ambassador appeared in Serbia
• The Bundestag expanded the military's powers to intercept and shoot down unidentified drones
• Russian troops hit Vilniansk in Zaporizhzhia with drones: two injured in serious condition
• Armed Forces: Russia lost another 1,280 soldiers in the war against Ukraine
• ZSU: There were 230 clashes at the front during the day