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Russia launches major missile and drone strikes across Ukraine killing dozens over two days

A 15-story thread from 2026-08-27 to 2026-10-18, covered by 30 outlets. Coverage held steady as it developed. Each event below is linked as related to the anchor story by the pipeline.

Russia launches major missile and drone strikes across Ukraine killing dozens over two days

15 events · 08-27 to 10-18 · 30 outlets · war · avg 34, peak 61
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  1. 08-27Russia escalates drone and missile attacks on Kyiv and Ukrainian infrastructure over multiple consecutive daysscore 33· 18 outlets
  2. 08-28Russia and Ukraine escalate mutual drone and aerial attacks in late August 2026score 37· 2 outlets
  3. 09-10Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone and missile strikes targeting infrastructure, border crossings, and energy facilities across multiple locations in September 2026.score 33· 15 outlets
  4. 09-11Russia and Ukraine escalate mutual drone and missile strikes on energy and logistics infrastructure in September 2026score 47· 12 outlets
  5. 09-13Russian drone strikes train near Ukraine-Poland border shortly after diplomats passed throughscore 33· 19 outlets
  6. 09-20Ukraine launched over 1,000 drones at Russia including hundreds targeting Moscow during Russian parliamentary elections.score 23· 19 outlets
  7. 09-22Russia strikes Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets Trump at UN General Assemblyscore 29· 9 outlets
  8. 09-27Russian strikes kill civilians across Ukraine amid continued diplomatic standoffscore 33· 14 outlets
  9. 10-01Russian drone strikes Kyiv school amid ongoing aerial campaign against Ukrainescore 17· 12 outlets
  10. 10-03Russian strikes damage Kyiv's Northern Bridge and kill at least six across Ukrainescore 17· 12 outlets
  11. 10-07Russia launches major missile and drone strikes across Ukraine killing dozens over two daysscore 33· 18 outlets
  12. 10-11Ukraine strikes Yandex data centers in Russia, disrupting services and sparking debate over bot farm claimsscore 38· 8 outlets
  13. 10-13Ukraine received no early warning from partners before Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyivscore 61· 19 outlets
  14. 10-14Russia strikes Ukrainian energy infrastructure as Ukraine resumes refinery attacks and energy ceasefire collapsesscore 52· 14 outlets
  15. 10-18A suspected drone crashed in Lithuania, prompting NATO response and a Ukrainian apology.score 18· 3 outlets
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