Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 186 engagements on September 26 with a heavy concentration on the Pokrovsk axis, and it claimed Russia lost 970 personnel in the past day and about 1,107,400 since the invasion began.
• Ukrainian forces said they repelled 62 assaults in the Pokrovsk direction as Russian troops tried to encircle the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad agglomeration, with operational reports describing significant Russian losses there.
• The General Staff confirmed a strike on the Gazprom Nafthim Salavat facility in Bashkortostan, stating that the ELOU‑AVT‑6 primary crude processing unit was hit at the refinery complex.
• Ukraine’s foreign intelligence reported a widening fuel shortage inside Russia with 360 petrol stations halting gasoline sales over two months and occupation authorities in Crimea acknowledging severe shortfalls.
• Regional administrations reported civilian injuries and damage from recent Russian attacks, including six people wounded in Kharkiv and two in Sumy from aviation and drone strikes.