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State of the war, 16 October 2026

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Trends

LaunchedShot down / suppressed
020040060080014.119.114.1130.1025.1020.10selected issue

Attacks by direction

260 clashes
Pokrovsk35= 0
Kostiantynivka22= 0
Kupiansk18= 0
Huliaipole16= 0
South Slobozhanskyi12= 0
Lyman7= 0
Orikhiv4= 0
Sloviansk2= 0
North Slobozhanskyi2= 0
Oleksandrivka1= 0
Analysis

The price of a kilometre

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Analysis

russia’s strike potential

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In brief: the day in numbers

Night to 16.10.2026: russia launched 149 drones, 114 were shot down or suppressed (77%), with hits at 24 locations (Ukraine’s Air Force).

Ukraine’s General Staff: 260 clashes, most of them in the Pokrovsk direction (35); russian losses for the day — 1,790 personnel, 1,561,020 in total since 24.02.2022.

UN: August 2026 — 372 civilians killed and 2,349 injured.