A LOT Was Happening Last Night (video commentary)

09/26/2026

I examine the reported Ukrainian overnight strikes on Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, the Azov optical-mechanical plant in Rostov, ammunition depots in occupied Luhansk and Donetsk, and a P-18 Terek radar station. Ilsky has roughly 6.6 million tons of annual capacity, while the Azov plant is described as a supplier of components for Russian precision weapons. The strategic question is whether repeated strikes can impose sustained costs on Russia’s fuel, production, and air-defense systems.

I also cover Russia’s reported 173-drone attack on Ukraine: Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions were affected, with reported strikes on residential areas, a hospital, a pharmaceutical plant, warehouses, and a Swedish paint factory. On the front, reported Russian land-equipment losses reached the war’s second-highest daily total despite below-average engagement levels. I close with Dobropillia, the worsening humanitarian situation in occupied Oleshki, and how drones are reshaping battlefield adaptation.

00:00 Overnight Ukrainian strikes inside Russia
03:16 Ammunition depots, radar, and refinery disruption
04:57 Russia’s drone attacks across Ukraine
06:51 Civilian sites and the hospital strike
08:27 Russian equipment losses and battlefield pressure
10:50 Dobropillia claims and the Oleshki crisis
12:56 Russian war supporters question the invasion
14:22 AI and technology discussion