UKRAINE, Aug 28 — During the massive attack on Ukraine on August 26, Russians used the Kalibr cluster munition for the first time, said Volodymyr Tymoshko, head of the Main Department of the National Police in Kharkiv region, on Ukrainain TV.

On August 26, Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine, targeting the energy objects in 15 regions of the country. The attack killed at least seven people (two died in hospitals) and injured 47 people, including three children and an infant born in 2024. 

According to Volodymyr Tymoshko, Kalibr is a ship-launched missile with a cluster warhead, which the Russian Federation used to strike a civilian industrial facility.

“Before that, [the Russians] used Iskanders cluster missiles, [used them frequently to attack Ukraine in 2024, too.]. In 2023 and 2022, S-300 missiles were usually used for long-range strikes, and “Iskanders” were made in the [North] Korea and carried a high explosive warhead. Now they use cluster [warheads],” Tymoshko said.

The journalists of Economic Pravda calculated that the massive Russian attack on Ukraine on August 26 cost them about $1.3 billion.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, on August 26, at the beginning of the day, Russia fired 109 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones, 77 Kh-101 cruise missiles, three Kh-22 cruise missiles, 28 Kalibr ship-launched cruise missiles, six Iskander-M ballistic missiles, three Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles, and 10 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles at Ukraine. 

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