Ukraine–Russia

Zelenskyy says Russia used more than 1,900 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 25 missiles against Ukraine this week

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DEVELOPMENT
Location
Ukraine (weekly figures claimed by Ukraine's president; the post gives no counting dates)
Actors
Ukraine · Russia
Importance
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In a post published on 4 October 2026 at 09:55 UTC, DefenceU relayed a statement by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that, this week alone, Russian forces had used more than 1,900 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 25 missiles against Ukraine, and that more than 800 of those drones were jet-powered. Zelenskyy said Russia must be held accountable for the escalation. The post does not give the dates of the week counted, a breakdown by region or target type, or the origin of the figures, and no official readout of the statement was read. The post's timestamp is the publication time, not the time of the statement.

Why it matters

Ukraine's president claimed a weekly volume of Russian attack drones, aerial bombs and missiles used against Ukraine, a scale figure not previously recorded in this theater.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: This morning, the Russians once again struck the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv with a drone ... This week alone, the Russians have used more than 1,900 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 25 missiles against Ukraine.

Single X account relaying a statement by Ukraine's president and tagging his account; no official readout of the statement was read. The weekly totals are the president's figures as relayed, the counting period is not dated in the post, and no independent source confirming these numbers was read.