Drone and missile strikes, 21 August 2026 - Drone Strike Map

Launched at Ukraine: 240 · 212 said to be shot down

Ukrainian Air Force daily record; day total, 2 reporting windows

Launched at Russia: 536 · 536 said to be shot down

Russian MoD briefings; ASTRA; Ukrainian Air Force reports; Ukrainska Pravda (EN); Ukrainska Pravda; Ukrinform (EN); Kyiv Post; Censor.NET (EN); Suspilne (Telegram); The Moscow Times (EN); The Kyiv Independent; Meduza (EN); Interfax-Ukraine (EN); TASS (EN); The New Voice of Ukraine (EN); day total, 2 reporting windows; Institute for the Study of War

Places that reported strikes

Ukraine (18)

Cherkasy Cherkasy Oblast
attack reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
Institute for the Study of War
Chernihiv Chernihiv Oblast
drone attack reported
Censor.NET (EN), Ukrinform (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Chuhuiv Kharkiv Oblast
6 drones reported · housing · impact reported · fire
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Censor.NET (EN), Kyiv Post, Ukrinform (EN)
Izmail Odesa Oblast
drone attack reported
Interfax-Ukraine (EN), Censor.NET (EN), Ukrainska Pravda (EN)
Kharkiv Kharkiv Oblast
drone and missile attack reported · housing · fire
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Censor.NET (EN), Kyiv Post, Ukrinform (EN), The Kyiv Independent, Institute for the Study of War
Kherson Kherson Oblast
drone attack reported · impact reported
The Kyiv Independent, Institute for the Study of War
Konotop Sumy Oblast
drone attack reported · housing
The Kyiv Independent
Kramatorsk Donetsk Oblast
drone attack reported · refinery, airfield · impact reported
TASS (EN), Ukrainska Pravda (EN)
Kryvyi Rih Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
2 drones reported · industrial site, civilian facility · impact reported · fire
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Ukrinform (EN), Kyiv Post, The Moscow Times (EN), The Kyiv Independent, The New Voice of Ukraine (EN), Euromaidan Press, Al Jazeera English, BBC News - Europe, France 24 (EN), Meduza (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Kushuhum Zaporizhzhia Oblast
drone attack reported · impact reported
The Kyiv Independent
Kyiv Kyiv
135 drones reported · civilian facility, housing · impact reported · fire
Kyiv Post, The Kyiv Independent, Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Euronews, The New Voice of Ukraine (EN), Al Jazeera English, Meduza (EN), RFE/RL (EN), BBC News - Europe, Deutsche Welle (EN)
Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast
logistics site · impact reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
The New Voice of Ukraine (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Oblast
drone attack reported · impact reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Interfax-Ukraine (EN), Censor.NET (EN)
Odesa Odesa Oblast
drone attack reported · impact reported
Interfax-Ukraine (EN), Censor.NET (EN), Kyiv Post, Ukrinform (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Pavlohrad Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
attack reported
The Kyiv Independent
Sumy Sumy Oblast
drone attack reported · housing · impact reported · fire
Ukrinform (EN), Kyiv Post, The New Voice of Ukraine (EN), The Kyiv Independent, Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia Oblast
drone and missile attack reported · power grid, railway · impact reported
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), The Kyiv Independent, Ukrinform (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Zhytomyr Zhytomyr Oblast
drone attack reported
Ukrinform (EN)

Russia (15)

Akhtubinsk Astrakhan Oblast
drone attack reported · airfield · impact reported
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Interfax-Ukraine (EN), Censor.NET (EN), Ukrinform (EN), The Kyiv Independent, Institute for the Study of War
Alchevsk Luhansk Oblast (occupied)
impact reported
TASS (EN)
Belgorod Belgorod Oblast
drone attack reported · impact reported
TASS (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Bryansk Bryansk Oblast
drone attack reported · housing · impact reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
TASS (EN)
Feodosia Crimea (occupied)
3 drones reported · power grid · impact reported · fire
Kyiv Post
Krasnodar Krasnodar Krai
refinery, fuel depot · impact reported
Ukrinform (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Moscow Moscow
600 drones reported · airfield, housing · impact reported
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), TASS (EN), The Kyiv Independent
Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast
35 drones reported · airfield, civilian facility · impact reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), The Moscow Times (EN), TASS (EN), Kyiv Post
Perm Perm Krai
325 drones reported · refinery, industrial site · impact reported · fire
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), Censor.NET (EN), The Moscow Times (EN), The Kyiv Independent, Ukrinform (EN), Kyiv Post, Meduza (EN), The New Voice of Ukraine (EN), TASS (EN), Institute for the Study of War
Primorsko-Akhtarsk Krasnodar Krai
drone attack reported · impact reported
Interfax-Ukraine (EN)
Rostov-on-Don Rostov Oblast
drone attack reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
TASS (EN)
Samara Samara Oblast
attack reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
Ukrainska Pravda (EN)
Sevastopol Crimea (occupied)
drone attack reported · impact reported
TASS (EN), Kyiv Post
Simferopol Crimea (occupied)
drone attack reported · power grid · impact reported
Ukrainska Pravda (EN), The Moscow Times (EN), Kyiv Post
Volgograd Volgograd Oblast
attack reported · reported for the whole oblast, pinned on its centre
Institute for the Study of War

Every figure on this page is a published claim, kept with its source. Figures count what each side says was launched at it; places are locations that reported impacts. Neither is a casualty count.