The Russian defence ministry released a video of their forces destroying a Ukrainian drone factory in the Zaporizhzhia region on September 26. The Russian military said 250 Ukrainian drones were blown up in a glide bomb attack. The Ukrainian army also suffered a massive blow in the Donetsk Republic. Russian forces liberated the Ukrainsk settlement in the Krasnoarmeysk direction in Donetsk. The Russian defence ministry said it also captured Lesovka in the Donetsk people’s republic. Servicemen of the 114th separate rifle brigade liberated the settlements of Ukrainsk and Lesovka.