Russian drone attacks on the Zaporizhzhia city on the morning of August 25th, 2026. Resulting in two deaths and seven injuries, about ten cars were destroyed after impacts. Photo courtesy of Ivan Fedorov, the Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration.Russian forces launched a coordinated wave of drone and bomb strikes across Ukraine’s rear and front-line regions on August 25, hitting Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson within a 24-hour window. It was the latest in a string of attacks that began with a heavy Independence Day bombardment the day before.In Kyiv, jet-powered “Banderol” drones struck the capital’s Holosiivskyi district, tearing into the 14th floor of a 16-story residential building. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported wall damage and blown-out windows, but no fire and no casualties.The picture was grimmer in Chernihiv, where a Russian drone struck a residential building on Independence Day, August 24. The toll climbed steadily to at least 20 injured, including three children.“Cynical strike by Russian terrorists on a residential building in Chernihiv. Right in the middle of the day — on Independence Day,” said Chernihiv Oblast Governor Viacheslav Chaus.That same day, Russian missiles and drones also hit Odesa, setting two Epicentr hypermarkets ablaze in a fire that spread across 35,000 square meters. At least five people were injured. Nationwide, Russian attacks killed 8 and wounded 43 over the Independence Day period.Sumy Oblast came under sustained fire on August 25, with regional authorities logging over 70 strikes across 33 settlements in 24 hours and at least two injuries reported region-wide.On the eastern front, Russian bombers dropped nine guided aerial bombs on Kramatorsk, wounding 24 people, including a two-month-old infant. In Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district, a jet-powered “Shahed” drone injured four and sparked fires in two private homes.Further south, Russian artillery struck the village of Yampil in the Lyman community of Donetsk Oblast, killing a woman, 69, and wounding a 61-year-old man. Prosecutors have opened a war crimes probe. Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed Russian troops launched 14 separate attacks toward Lyman, Novoselivka, Dibrova, and Drobysheve in the same direction. All 14 were repelled.Zaporizhzhia was struck twice in a single morning. A guided aerial bomb hit the regional center, killing two people, while a separate drone strike hit a parking lot, injuring seven and setting roughly ten cars ablaze in the city’s Kosmichnyi district, scattering debris across nearly 7,000 square meters.In Kherson Oblast, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin reported one person killed and nine wounded over the 24-hour period. In the city itself, a drone strike on a residential building sparked a fire that killed one man, while Russian forces attacked the regional emergency medical center with an FPV drone, wounding a 68-year-old security guard. A separate drone strike injured a resident in Bilozerka village.Ukraine’s General Staff reported Russian losses of 1,230 personnel killed and wounded over the prior 24 hours, bringing cumulative losses since February 2022 to roughly 1,479,300.On air defense, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed at a joint press conference with Estonian President Alar Karis that Ukraine had received a fresh batch of Patriot missiles, AIM missiles, and confirmation of incoming Crotale air-defense systems. “A few more Patriot missiles have come in. I can’t say how many, but it’s not much. We need more,” Zelensky said, declining to name the supplying countries.The mobilization debate intensified further this week. Retired U.S. Lieutenant General and former special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, threw his support behind mobilizing Ukrainian women into the armed forces.“Do I believe women should be mobilized into the army? My answer is yes, because they fight no worse than men,” Kellogg said.Days earlier, former Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told Radio Svoboda that military duty should extend to all citizens regardless of gender. He proposed a public information campaign followed by legislative changes and a new recruitment system. Reznikov said the shift could roughly double Ukraine’s mobilization pool.Ukraine’s parliamentary National Security Committee rejected both proposals. It said mobilization of women “is not being carried out, prepared, or considered,” and that military service remains voluntary for women.Meanwhile, former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s call for wartime elections continues to reverberate. Zelensky rejected the idea directly on August 22, calling elections “a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine.”Separately, the Verkhovna Rada’s Temporary Investigative Commission has summoned Fedorov to an August 31 hearing over Operation Midas, a corruption probe tied to his tenure at the Defense Ministry.The post Russia Hammers Four Ukrainian Cities in One Night — Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk All Hit as Kellogg Backs Drafting Women appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.