Analysis of the Russian attack on the Odesa region on August 22, 2026.

Analysis of the Russian attack on the Odesa region on 08/22/2026
Oleksandr Kovalenko

Today, one of the most concentrated attacks by the enemy was carried out on the Odesa region.

Since the statistics of this night’s raid until 8:00 by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are reflected, to put it mildly, questionably, I will not quote them.

In turn, monitoring channels, which also cannot be considered as official information, report that the following were used in the region:

Shahed-136/238 – more than 60 units;
Banderole – more than 8 units;
Kh-59/69 – 3 units;
Kh-31P – 1, according to some data – 3 missiles;
KAB OFAB-250 – 6 units.

Raids and strikes after 8:00 in the region continue to this moment.

Air defense forces worked to the maximum of their capabilities, especially in intercepting kamikaze drones, the overwhelming majority of which were shot down.

The main target of the Russian occupiers that night was not Odesa, but Chornomorsk and its port infrastructure, as well as energy facilities. For Chornomorsk, it was the most intense raid. A strike was also delivered on the railway infrastructure in Rozdilna.

The raid continues. Moreover, the tactic repeatedly described by me and recently applied to Kyiv is being used – following the main raid/strike, raids with single/double targets and sequential launches are carried out, creating a constant threat in the airspace, causing the air alarm not to cease.

An entirely “unexpected” enemy tactic, which we have seen more than once. Congratulations for Independence Day are distributed in measured, concentrated portions, not to one capital, but to individual regions; after Kyiv – a massacre in Kryvyi Rih, on the night of the 22nd Odesa/Chornomorsk…

The frenzy of the creatures continues.

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So, preliminarily from the night in the Odesa region, predominantly in Chornomorsk, the enemy has already used the following array of means:

Shahed-136/238 – more than 80 units;
Banderole – more than 21 units;
Kh-59/69 – 5 units;
Kh-31P – 1, according to some data – 3 missiles;
KAB OFAB-250 – 20 units.

In total, for less than a day, the enemy has already used more than 130 different means. I emphasize, these are preliminary figures.

This is undoubtedly the most intensive strike/raid by the Russian Armed Forces on the Odesa region since the start of the full-scale invasion, especially considering that the majority of all weapons are concentrated not on the regional center – Odesa, but on neighboring Chornomorsk.

Photo: Telegram channel Oleh Kiper/Odesa Regional State Administration (OVA)

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