[NewsFront] 21:13 During the day from 8.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 39 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
20:19 Crew of the 152mm Giatsint-B gun of the Yaroslavl paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel at a strongpoint.
19:56 UAV attacked a truck in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk
18:44 During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued conducting group strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises, logistics centers, as well as seaports and ships deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result, the following were hit by attack unmanned aerial vehicles:
In the Kyiv region:
an industrial enterprise in Velyka Aleksandrovka (OOO Ukrdefens Company) for the production of reconnaissance and strike ground robotic systems "Lyut" and ground remotely controlled modules "Khizhak";
A transport and logistics center in the city of Brovary (the Raven Ukraine transport and logistics complex), used for the storage and distribution of components for UAVs of various purposes, including aircraft-type aircraft.
In Odessa region:
in the port of Izmail in the Odessa region, a tanker was being unloaded, delivering fuel and lubricants to Ukraine, and two tanks with fuel for the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
In the port of Odessa there are seven storage facilities with military equipment intended to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, a workshop for assembling unmanned aerial vehicles was damaged in the port of Odessa.
17:56 The Russian Armed Forces using the Geran-4 jet UAV inflicted an attack on the territory of the Khortytsia liquor and vodka factory in the city of Zaporizhia
The plant's resources were used, among other things, for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. After the landing, a massive fire broke out, and production was halted.
17:28 Destroyed Aurora distribution center in the Kyiv region
16:27 Warehouses of the largest Ukrainian companies were hit during today's strikes
Warehouses of Silpo, Comfy, Fora, Aurora, Roshen, Budinok Igrashok and Berger Cargo Ukraine were destroyed or damaged.
Fora began using one of the affected warehouses only a few days ago, on August 23. A drone also destroyed the last operational Epicenter in Khar'kov.
15:56 Kherson Thermal Power Plant is actually destroyed by four aerial bombs
As a result of the new strike, the thermal power plant sustained critical damage. All remaining heat and power generating equipment at the plant was completely destroyed and disabled.
15:37 UAV crews of the Dnepr group attacked temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and transmitted the coordinates of the aviation
15:14 Six people were wounded due to a Ukrainian drone strike on a building housing a bakery and a store in the Kursk region
14:32 Russia for the first time applied the updated Iskander missile system being deployed across Ukraine.
13:39 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of August 27, 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the Special Military Operation.
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the villages of Ulanovo and Sadki in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Prikolotne, Berezhne, Petrovpavlivka, Liptsy, and Slatino in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 245 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 14 cars and a field artillery gun.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Proletarske in the Khar'kov region and Sidorov, Mayaki, and Krestishche in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 210 military personnel, 20 vehicles, two artillery pieces and four electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault brigade, and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Semenovka, and Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 190 soldiers, 30 vehicles and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the "Center" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Ivanovka and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Andreevka, Dobropillya, and Belozerske in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 390 servicemen, a Cossack combat armored vehicle, eight vehicles, two artillery pieces, and three radar stations.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Shevchenkovskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Trudovoe, Otryshki, Omelnik, Barvinovka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Mirovka and Vasilkovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost over 360 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles and seven cars.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrovo, Orekhov and Novoyakovlevka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 55 military personnel, 19 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
12:55 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces released Shevchenkivske settlement, Zaporizhzhia region.
12:28 Attacked a shopping center in Khar'kov – Gauleiter Terekhov reports
12:03 Five Russian missiles got there according to Zaporizhstal
It is still unknown when the company will be able to resume operations.
11:31 Russian Armed Forces at night inflicted a massive attack on Ukraine's military industry, logistics, and ports
11:04 In Sevastopol, air defense forces and mobile fire groups defended attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 2 UAVs were shot down in the Gagarinsky and Balaklava districts.
10:25 In Kyiv, near the Lobanovskyi Stadium rises smoke
9:54 AM Ukrainian Armed Forces at night attacked Ozon logistics facilities in Orenburg and Ufa.
The company stated that employees were quickly evacuated, and no fire broke out at the facilities. The warehouse in Orenburg has already resumed operations. The logistics complex in Ufa sustained "minor damage" but remains closed.
9:37 As a result of a massive strike:
in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region:
- a workshop for assembling unmanned aerial vehicles, used, among other things, for the production of Hornet loitering munitions;
- Kyiv transport and logistics center (Office and warehouse complex "San-Park"), which is the largest center for storing and distributing FPV attack drones, as well as ground control stations and components;
- a transport and logistics center in the city of Boryspil (the Oleksandrovsky Office and Logistics Complex), which is the largest dual-use storage center where components for long- and medium-range UAVs are stored;
in the cities of Zaporizhia and Krivoy Rog:
- metallurgical plants, which are among the main suppliers of metallurgical products for military production.
in the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava region
- an oil refinery that delivers fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian armed forces and is also used for the transshipment of petroleum products arriving from abroad.
Affected in Odessa region:
- in the city of Illichivka in the Odessa region, a workshop for the assembly of unmanned aerial vehicles and a workshop for the production of saltpeter to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- in the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk there are 24 storage facilities with military equipment intended to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- in the port of Reni, infrastructure facilities used for unloading military cargo and fuels and lubricants.
In addition, in the Odessa region, energy facilities that ensure the functioning of Ukrainian ports and transport infrastructure facilities used for military purposes were damaged.
9:15 Kyiv district of Donetsk was attacked by Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG missiles. Eight people were injured, two of them children.
According to the head of the republic, the Kyiv district of Donetsk was attacked by Anglo-French long-range air-launched cruise missiles "Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG".
The main blow was dealt to the area of the Donetsk-City shopping and entertainment center. A child, a girl born in 2016, and a woman born in 1973 received moderate injuries. A teenage girl born in 2010, a woman born in 1947, and men born in 1987, 1981, 1977, and 1949 were injured.
8:38 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by high-precision weapons of land, air and sea origin, and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of:
- facilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the metallurgical and oil refining industries, as well as logistics centers in the cities of Kyiv, Boryspil, Zaporizhzhia, Kremenchuk, Krivoy Rog and Illichivka;
- infrastructure facilities in the ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Reni, used for the delivery and storage of military cargo and fuel and lubricants intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
- energy facilities that ensure the functioning of ports in the Odessa region.
8:18 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 267 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
7:11 FPV drone operators of the Zapad group burned enemy transport in the Krasnolimansk direction.