On the night of Tuesday 26 May 2026, Sevastopol came under a massive missile and drone attack.

On the night of Tuesday 26 May 2026, explosions were heard in the Russian city of Taganrog; residents took to social media to report that smoke was visible in the city following the attack.

An indictment against Batkivshchyna faction leader Yuliia Tymoshenko has been sent to court in the case concerning the provision of undue benefits to members of Ukraine’s parliament.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck command posts and logistics facilities of the Russian occupiers. The shutdown of the Syzran oil refinery has also been confirmed.

Ukrainian attack UAVs are demonstrating their ability to effectively cut the enemy’s logistical supply lines deep in its rear, creating serious problems for the supply of the occupiers’ forward units.

Three officials of territorial centers of recruitment and social support (TCR and SS) have been exposed over "paper mobilization". To report the "successful" fulfillment of the plan, they invented mobilized persons who did not actually exist.

Ukrainian defence forces have repelled dozens of Russian attacks in the Lyman, Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka and Kupiansk sectors. Hundreds of combat engagements have been recorded across the entire front line.

The United States and Iran have reached an agreement in principle on opening the Strait of Hormuz and extending the ceasefire for 60 days.

The Russian army struck Odesa on the evening of 25 May. People were injured, and infrastructure was damaged.

Russia attacked Kramatorsk on the evening of 25 May.