The most expensive attack: the shelling of Ukraine on August 26 cost Russia about $1.3 billion

Consequences of the Russian attack on August 26 in Lutsk. Photo: DSNS Consequences of the Russian attack on August 26 in Lutsk. Photo: DSNS

The combined attack on Ukraine on August 26 became the most expensive for the Russian army during the entire time of the full-scale invasion.

This is reported by Forbes.

Russia used a variety of weapons during the strikes, including Daggers, Iskanders, KN-23s, X-101s, Calibers, X-59/X-69s, and Shahed attack drones.

and according to preliminary estimates, the total cost of the weapons used in the attack is between 1.2 and 1.3 billion US dollars.

«Another attack of comparable scale took place on December 29, 2023. At that time, Russia launched 158 weapons against Ukraine: 122 missiles and 36 drones, worth at least 700-750 million dollars,» the publication says.

Attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine on August 26

We will remind you that on the morning of August 26, the Russian army launched a missile attack on Ukraine. Explosions rang out in a number of Ukrainian cities: Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lutsk, Sumy, etc.

In general, as a result of the Russian massive attack on the energy infrastructure, 15 regions of Ukraine were affected.

As a result of the Russian attack on August 26, three civilians were injured in the Mykolaiv region.

As reported by the State Emergency Service, as a result of the Russian attack on the territory of Ukraine on August 26, fires broke out in the Mykolaiv region. Due to the fall of the debris of the dry mountains in the Pervomaisk and Mykolaiv districts.

In connection with the morning attack of the Russian Federation and emergency power outages, about 400 invincibility points were activated in the Mykolaiv region.

We will remind that after the morning attack on August 26, the Mykolayivoblenergo utility company was forced to introduce emergency power outage schedules.

Only from 12:00 the emergency shutdown schedules were changed to hourly shutdown schedules.

In total, during the attack on August 26, Russia launched about 100 rockets and the same number of Shahed missiles on the territory of Ukraine.

As a result of the attack, 7 people died and 47 were injured, including 4 children born in 2014, 2017 and 2024. Two people were rescued, and 22 fires were extinguished.

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