There were 232 combat engagements on the front line over the past day, with more than a third of them taking place in the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, and Huliaipole sectors.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of said this in a war update as of 22:00 on May 26, 2026, published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

"The enemy carried out one missile strike using one missile, 53 airstrikes, and dropped 186 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it used 4,583 kamikaze drones and conducted 1,864 strikes on settlements and the positions of our forces," the report said.

According to the General Staff, seven clashes were recorded in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors. The enemy carried out one airstrike, dropped four guided bombs, and conducted 71 strikes on settlements and Ukrainian positions, two of them using multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian forces launched nine assaults near the settlements of Starytsia, Vilcha, Hraniv, Ternova, Lyman, and Kolodiazne. Two clashes are still ongoing.