Ukraine: The Latest Missile barrage slams Ukraine & Putin bans recruitment of foreign soldiers to placate allies
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Feb 26, 2026 Svitlana Morenets, freelance Ukrainian reporter on frontline life and political fallout. Rozina Sabur, national security editor with defence and geopolitics expertise. They report on a mass Russian missile and drone bombardment. They describe visits to intelligence operations and drone-driven logistics. They discuss Russia limiting foreign fighters, kill ratios, new air-defence claims and rising drone/AI battlefield roles.
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Russian Front Lines Are Often Scattered Small Units
- Dominic Nicholls reports front-line Russian positions are often tiny groups (ones, twos, fives) giving a false impression of a long continuous front.
- Small dispersed Russian presence plus disrupted comms (Starlink outages) explain limited Ukrainian local counterattacks rather than a broad counteroffensive.
Ground Drones Are The Next Battlefield Game Changer
- Ukrainian forces see the next technological leap as unattended ground vehicles for logistics and casualty evacuation.
- Ground drones can carry heavier loads (Starlink, supplies, casualties) and reach 50–60 km/h compared with slow fiber-optic FPV aerial drones limited to ~30 knots.
Sheltering In Kyiv During The Mass Overnight Strike
- Adélie Pojzman-Pontay describes sheltering in Kyiv during the mass overnight strike and monitoring Telegram channels for incoming threat maps.
- She heard characteristic air-defence sounds and later learned strikes hit residences and a thermal substation, affecting power across the city.