Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed that the state can temporarily seize control of critical infrastructure facilities if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks ... [52] Russian forces continue to target Ukrainian railway infrastructure. Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) CEO Oleksandr Pertsovsk reported on August 25 that Russian forces struck a commuter train in Mykolaiv Oblast. [53] Russian forces have begun limited deployment of fully autonomous fixed-wing strike drones. Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree on 24 August under which critical infrastructure facilities whose owners fail to ensure their security may be placed under temporary state management by government decision. Note: The Ukrainian military ceased regularly reporting the numbers of Russian missiles fired and the number of missiles intercepted as of August 11. [61] Russian forces conducted a series of long-range drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of August 23 to 24. President Putin signed a decree allowing the Russian state to take temporary control of critical infrastructure if owners fail to protect facilities against drone attacks—a measure... Russian forces hammered Ukraine with ballistic missiles and long-range drones overnight on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians – mainly around Kyiv – and injuring another 44, the UN human... Though Ukrainian air defense regularly intercepts a significant portion of incoming missiles and drones, Russia has launched thousands of missiles and drones since February 2022, killing thousands of civilians and destroying critical infrastructure. Putin acknowledged that “external pressure” and “terrorist attacks” — the Kremlin’s code for Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign — are affecting Russia’s economic growth. However, Moscow will be working hard to slam that window shut with waves of attacks made possible by Russia’s surging domestic drone production. The continued bombardment of infrastructure targets across Ukraine will also help exhaust the country’s limited air defense ammunition supplies. Russian and Ukrainian strikes have killed at least 14 people on both sides of the conflict, as Kyiv and Moscow escalate long-range attacks far beyond the front line. Russia began its Fall 2025 and Winter 2025-2026 strike campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in early September 2025, and Russia may aim to start its 2026-2027 strike campaign in August in order to take advantage of Ukraine’s ongoing shortages of ballistic missile interceptors. R ussian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Ukrainian attacks on Russian infrastructure had caused damage but had not resulted in any “critical consequences.”