The total combat losses of Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to August 29, 2026, amount to approximately 1,485,200 personnel, including 1,420 over the past 24 hours.
One person was killed and others were injured as a result of an overnight attack on the Izmail district. Transport infrastructure facilities were also damaged.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Commander-in-Chief’s Headquarters on Friday, during which they discussed the supply of weapons to defend against Russian attacks.
Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President, said that Russia currently does not want to stop the war and that an end to the fighting should not be expected this coming winter.
A Russian attack on Thursday, August 27, destroyed one of the warehouses belonging to energy supply company Yasno, where part of the equipment for solar power plants was stored.
Russian forces have been launching jet-powered drones at Ukrainian regions almost continuously for two consecutive days. Over the past 24 hours, 16 people have been killed and another 50 injured as a result of Russian attacks.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has updated intelligence on Russia's production of ballistic missiles and its plans to scale up manufacturing, and assured that Ukraine will work to counter these efforts.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as part of the "Crimean Switch Off" operation, struck another 21 energy facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in Crimea, and the Luhansk Thermal Power Plant over three days from August 26 to 28.
On August 27 and during the night of August 28, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied territories.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that soldiers from the SSU’s “Alpha” unit struck a Tu-95MS missile carrier in Engels; he also confirmed strikes on an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region and on targets in the Black Sea.
On the night of August 28, Ukrainian defense forces struck the “Slavneft-YANOS” oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia. A fire was reported on the refinery’s premises
Russian troop activity has recently increased in the Lyman sector, while border guards have been capturing Russian soldiers attempting to launch assaults for several days in a row.
On the night of and morning of August 28, the Russian Federation’s army attacked the Fastiv, Boryspil, Vyshhorod, Brovary, and Bucha districts of Kyiv region.
Over the past day, August 27, there were 250 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invading forces. Forty enemy attacks were recorded on the Pokrovsk direction and 35 on the Kostiantynivka direction.
Over the past day, Russian forces used drones, aircraft and artillery to attack 25 settlements in the Kherson region, killing one person and injuring 11 others, including a child.
On the night of August 28, Russian forces attacked Nova Post warehouse facilities in the Bilohorodka community and a production facility in Sviatopetrivske, Kyiv region.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in personnel from February 24, 2022, to August 28, 2026, have reached approximately 1,483,780, including 1,630 troops killed over the past 24 hours.
The counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) neutralized an FSB spy network in the Donetsk region and detained four people who recorded the coordinates of Ukraine's Defense Forces and monitored the aftermath of Russian attacks.
Kherson could be left without electricity and heating for an extended period following another Russian attack on the city’s combined heat and power plant (CHP).
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