Ukraine's General Staff reports strikes on Russian military targets in occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
On 26 September and the night of 27 September 2026, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said Ukrainian Defence Forces struck a series of Russian military targets in temporarily occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The reported hits included a strike-UAV storage, preparation and launch site in Donetsk, two ammunition depots in Krepenske and Luhansk, a materiel and technical supply depot in Rovenky, and a fuel and lubricants depot in Novoamvrosiivske. Radio Liberty said it could not independently verify the reports, and the Russian command had not acknowledged any damage.
Key points
- A strike-UAV storage, preparation and launch site was hit in occupied Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast.
- Two ammunition depots were hit in Krepenske and Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast.
- A materiel and technical support depot was hit in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast.
- A fuel and lubricants depot was hit in Novoamvrosiivske, Donetsk Oblast.
- The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported the strikes on its Facebook page.
- The General Staff described strikes on UAV storage, preparation and launch sites as a priority direction of combat work.
- Radio Liberty said it could not independently verify the reports and that the Russian command had not acknowledged any damage.
Why it matters
The reported strikes target infrastructure directly tied to Russia's use of strike drones against Ukraine — a capability President Zelensky said accounted for more than 2,200 drones launched in the preceding week, alongside around 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles. By explicitly framing hits on UAV storage, preparation and launch sites as a priority direction of combat work, the General Staff signalled an ongoing campaign rather than an isolated action, and the mix of targets across two occupied oblasts points to a coordinated multi-target operation.
What happened
On 26 September and the night of 27 September 2026, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said Ukrainian Defence Forces struck a series of Russian military targets in temporarily occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. According to the report, a site used for the storage, preparation and launch of strike UAVs was hit in occupied Donetsk; two ammunition depots were hit in Krepenske and Luhansk in Luhansk Oblast; a materiel and technical support depot was hit in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast; and a fuel and lubricants depot was hit in Novoamvrosiivske, Donetsk Oblast. The General Staff said striking UAV storage, preparation and launch sites is one of the priority directions of combat work of the Defence Forces, noting that such facilities are systematically targeted to reduce the Russian army's ability to use strike unmanned systems. The Telegram channel Exilenova+ posted overnight on 27 September that Defence Forces were striking the area of the former Luhansk border detachment in occupied Luhansk and published video of explosions there.
Where reporting differs
The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces is the sole source reporting the strikes, and Radio Liberty/Radio Svoboda said it could not independently verify the reports and that the Russian command had not acknowledged any damage. Ukrainian outlets carried the General Staff's account without contradicting it, while noting this verification gap.
Background
The strikes were reported via the General Staff's Facebook page. Open-source channels such as the Telegram channel Exilenova+ posted video footage of explosions in occupied Luhansk. President Zelensky said that over the preceding week Russia used more than 2,200 strike drones, around 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types (a significant portion of them ballistic) against Ukraine.