OSINT report hourly 26.08.2026 12:01

1. Ukraine: President Zelensky awarded Elon Musk the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine’s highest state honors. Source: UkraineNow.

2. Russia: Ukrainian drones struck the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo and the Wildberries logistics hub in Kotovsk overnight. Source: Noel Reports.

3. Russia: Satellite imagery indicates that 86 percent of primary oil-processing capacity at the Perm refinery has been knocked offline following drone strikes. Source: Noel Reports.

4. Ukraine: Belarus is constructing a new military training ground and railway infrastructure near the Ukrainian border. Source: UkraineNow.

5. Russia: The Kremlin claimed that Ukraine had allegedly planned an invasion of Russian territory as a justification for the ongoing war. Source: UkraineNow.

6. Russia: CIA Director John Ratcliffe conducted an unannounced visit to Moscow to discuss specific security issues. Source: UkraineNow.

7. Middle East: Iran and Oman have agreed to establish a new temporary shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz. Source: Al Jazeera.

8. Middle East: Qatar reported a 96 percent collapse in LNG exports following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Source: Clash Report.

9. Middle East: A Palestinian boy was shot during an Israeli military raid on a UNRWA center. Source: Al Jazeera.

10. Middle East: The UN rejected an Israeli threat to expel Gaza residents in response to kite-flying incidents. Source: Al Jazeera.

11. Pakistan: At least 14 newborn babies died in a fire at a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad. Source: Al Jazeera.

12. Asia: South Korea dispatched its first commercial test ship, the PanStar Acro, along Russia’s Arctic coast toward Europe. Source: Clash Report.

13. Asia: India and China are conducting border delimitation talks in Beijing ahead of the upcoming BRICS summit. Source: Indian Defence News.

14. NATO: Swiss authorities are preparing for a national vote on whether to tighten the country’s neutrality and end peacetime cooperation with NATO. Source: Reuters.

15. Cyberattacks: Hackers from the Black Mirror group published an internal Sberbank analytical memo from April 2026, which estimated the probability of a decisive Russian military victory at only 7 percent. Source: Noel Reports.