[Korrespondent] 22.45 In Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, a 17-year-old boy was killed and seven others were injured in a Russian attack on a grocery store.
22.27 In Kyiv region, all vehicles were completely blocked on part of the Zhytomyr highway after explosions. The restrictions apply to the section of the M-06 Kyiv - Chop highway from 15th to 32nd km in both directions.
Traffic restrictions were imposed after a series of explosions near the highway. Head of the OVA Timur Tkachenko reported that warehouses are burning in the Buchansky district as a result of a Russian attack: the fire is accompanied by explosions.
Emergency services are working on the scene. Information about the victims, the extent of the damage and other consequences is being clarified.
21:40 Russian troops are attacking the Kyiv region for the second day in a row. One person was injured in the Boryspil district. The man received a shrapnel wound.
The Russian attack continues. Warehouses, private homes, and other civilian objects are under attack.
Meanwhile, public forums are reporting that a powerful explosion and fire broke out near Kyiv in the area of ​​the Zhytomyr highway. Eyewitnesses report a detonation.
21.15 Former Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov became an advisor to Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. He will help Italy develop modern military technologies and improve the defense sector.
20.50 The Ukrainian side received information from American partners about a series of meetings that took place in Moscow in recent days. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky
The head of state emphasized that he appreciates the consistency of the steps and the fact that the United States is promoting "a completely realistic vision of what needs to be done and what needs to be done."
"Russia must end its war, we must create all the conditions for this to happen," Zelenskyy said.
20:00 During the day (from 6:30 to 19:00), Russian troops attacked Ukraine with seven S8000 Banderol and 96 attack UAVs (over 70 of them jet). The Russians directed most of the drones towards Kyiv.
There were about 10 jet attack drones in the airspace.
According to preliminary data, air defenses shot down/suppressed six S8000 Banderols and 73 attack UAVs during the day.
19.35 Russia does not want to stop the war at the moment, and we should not expect it to end next winter. This was stated by the head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov.
"I think that very soon everyone will see negotiations, but it will be more about the technical aspects and preparations for something big, which I hope we will get to someday. We will not stop the war now. Not because we don't want to, it's just unrealistic," he said.
According to the head of the OP, Ukraine tried to reach an agreement with Russia on a mutual cessation of long-range strikes, but no agreement has been reached so far.
"Believe me, we've tried it. I'll tell you straight up, I've tried it myself. It's not working yet, let's be honest," Budanov said.
He emphasized that everyone followed the path of escalation, so Ukraine was forced to respond with all the means at its disposal.
19.05 Soldiers of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck 21 power plants and the Luhansk TPP in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine on August 26-28. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, on Telegram.
18.31 To maintain the current situation on the front, Ukraine needs to mobilize at least 30,000 people every month. This was stated by the head of the Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, in an interview for a single telethon, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
18.15 Russian troops attacked a gas station in the Slobodskyi district of Kharkiv. One person was reported dead and five injured.
On September 18, the Russian military conducted a training and combat launch of a mobile-based solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region. The Russian Defense Ministry reported this.
17.46 The UN Children's Fund reported the destruction of its humanitarian supplies in a warehouse in the village of Chubynske, Kyiv region, which was attacked by the Russian Federation on August 27. The warehouse stored critically important supplies of humanitarian aid intended to support Ukrainian children and families affected by the war.
17.38 The current political situation in Ukraine is tense, but not yet a crisis. This was stated by the head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov, in an interview for a single telethon, Interfax-Ukraine reports. He called on society not to allow internal division during the war.
17.30 Russian state-owned diamond mining company Alrosa reported a net loss of 9.5 billion rubles in the first half of 2026. This is the company's first loss in six years. Vector Capital analysts assess Alrosa's financial condition as difficult. The company has problems not only with profitability, but also with cash flows. Alrosa itself explains the deterioration in financial indicators by geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, a long-term reduction in diamond stocks and diamonds in the cutting and retail sectors, as well as the strengthening of the ruble against the dollar.
17.30 The deputy chief - head of the mobilization department of the Ivano-Frankivsk district CCC and SP entered false information into the Oberig system about the alleged military service of 21 conscripts.
According to the investigation, one of the motives for such actions could have been an artificial inflating of the mobilization plan implementation indicators.
On 17.11, the Security Service of Ukraine conducted another successful special operation in Russia, during which a Tu-95MS strategic bomber was hit at the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region.
17.06 In Kovel, Volyn region, on the morning of August 28, during an alert event, a conflict occurred involving servicemen of the CCC and SP, police officers, and three civilians. According to the CCC, during the incident, a truck ran over a serviceman and damaged official vehicles.
16.47 In the Buchansky district of the Kyiv region, rescuers are simultaneously extinguishing three fires that arose as a result of Russian shelling. The work is complicated by repeated attacks. The State Emergency Service noted that due to repeated attacks, rescuers are forced to leave dangerous areas during air raids and move to a safe distance. After the threat is over, they return to the places of ignition and continue extinguishing.
16.42 The government has approved a bill that strengthens the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons who participate in the defense of our country.
After completing their military contract, they will have more time to settle their legal status: the project provides for an increase in the period of legal temporary residence in Ukraine from three to six months.
The period of military service will count towards the five-year residency requirement for immigration.
In addition, the bill provides for the introduction of a foreigner's certificate for traveling abroad for people who, due to threats or political circumstances, cannot obtain or exchange a passport in their country of origin.
16.36 In August, certain components of exports from the Russian Federation decreased by 80%. This was announced on Friday by President Volodymyr Zelensky in Telegram based on the results of a report by the head of the Ministry of Defense's GUR, Oleg Ivashchenko.
We are talking about tangible losses for the Russian federal budget, as well as regional budgets, which were already on the verge of bankruptcy, the head of state noted.
16.25 Russian troops struck Sumy, previously with MLRS. Seven people were injured in the attack, one of them is in serious condition. This was reported by the head of the Sumy OVA, Oleg Grigorov.
"The enemy struck the territory of Sumy, previously with a multiple launch rocket system. Warehouses and transport in the Zarechny district of the city were damaged," he wrote.
16.11 Ukraine has updated data on Russia's production of ballistic missiles and plans to scale up this production. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram after a report by the head of the Defense Ministry's GUR, Oleg Ivashchenko.
16.06 The National Police identified the commander of the Russian unit of the Pivnich-Akhmat branch, who was reported on suspicion of ill-treatment of civilians in a case of group sexual violence against a minor resident of the Kherson region.
According to the police, he is a Russian citizen - the commander of the 3rd special forces group of the 2nd special forces company of the 78th special forces motorized rifle regiment " North-Akhmat" named after A. Kadyrov.
The other person involved in the case was identified earlier by law enforcement officers and informed of the suspicion. The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of eight to twelve years.
15.50 Vice Speaker of the Russian State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy stated that the Russian Federation should openly bomb Ukrainian cities in order to demoralize the population and force Ukrainians to surrender to Russian troops.
During the talk show Vremya Pokazet, the deputy was reminded that over 20 million people currently live in Ukraine, and asked what would happen to them if the country's territory turned into "scorched earth."
In response, Tolstoy proposed to warn residents of Ukrainian cities about upcoming strikes 24 hours in advance and give them the opportunity to leave their settlements.
"Do you think we are calling for cruelty? But we are calling for demoralizing the public so much that they will come out to meet our troops with their paws raised," said the Vice Speaker of the Russian State Duma.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine responded to the Russian MP's call, stating that such words should become the basis for issuing an international arrest warrant for Tolstoy by the ICC.
"Such statements by a Russian official, calling for war crimes and demanding unbearable living conditions for the civilian population, should lead to the issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court. As for the "raised hands" - the only reason for raising them is to show Tolstoy and his fellow war criminals the middle finger," wrote the spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Heorhiy Tykhyi, on the social network X.
15.08 Over 113 thousand Russians crossed the Verkhny Lars checkpoint on the border with Georgia over the past week amid rumors of a possible announcement of a new wave of mobilization in Russia. According to Politico, more than 20 thousand people passed through the Verkhny Lars checkpoint on August 20. The Federal Customs Service of Russia stated that this figure "significantly exceeds" the level of previous years. On the same day, the permanent representative of Russia to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, stated that mobilization in the country "is not planned and is not expected."
14.49 The Russian government is conducting diplomacy "in a boyish way" and was counting on this approach to reach an agreement on Ukraine with US President Donald Trump. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this in an interview with Russian media.
13.55 In one of the settlements of Kirovohrad region, after another massive air attack by the Russian Federation on Ukraine, fragments of a Russian missile were discovered, the warheads of which did not detonate. This was reported by the National Police on August 28. Experts established that the missile was equipped with two warheads weighing about 400 kilograms each. It is noted that explosives technicians removed dangerous objects, transported them to a safe distance for settlements and destroyed them by controlled detonation in compliance with all necessary safety measures.
13.41 Investigators of the Security Service and prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office have collected evidence against two more Russian war criminals involved in the shelling of critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. The SBU reported this on August 28. It is noted that the crime of two Russian commanders involved in the targeted shelling of the Prydniprovska TPP in October 2022 has been documented. According to the investigation, the enemy struck the thermal power plant with two Kalibr cruise missiles, which were launched from the Admiral Makarov frigate in the Black Sea.
It has been established that the Russian attack on critical infrastructure was commanded by:
Captain 1st Rank Oleg Knyazev - former Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the 30th Division of Surface Ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the aggressor country;
Captain 2nd Rank Sergey Romanenko - former commander of the frigate Admiral Makarov of the 30th division of surface ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
13:35 Russian aggressors have destroyed about 90% of warehouses of retail chains, but Ukrainians will not be left without food. This was stated by Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotsky, Ukrinform reported.
13.19 In St. Petersburg, a major of the Russian army, Sergei Sechkov, was probably killed in a car explosion. According to data published by the Ukrainian website Myrotvorets, Sechkov had the rank of major and served in the 332nd Separate Guards Helicopter Red Banner Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces. In May 2022, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine accused this regiment of carrying out missile and bomb strikes on the civilian population of Ukraine in the Slobozhansk direction - in particular, in the areas of Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
13.02 The embezzlement of over UAH 12 million for the purchase of FPV drones for the defenders of Kharkiv has been uncovered. The SBU reported this. The organizer of the transaction is the former commander of the TrO brigade in the Kyiv region, who was in office at the time of the crime.
12.42 Russians attacked a shopping center in the Kyivsky district of Kharkiv. This was reported by the mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, on August 28. Later, he added that a "Shaheed" rocket was recorded hitting the Slobidsky district. Several houses in the private sector and several cars were damaged. So far, there are no casualties. According to the updated information of the Situation Center, 6 private houses and one administrative building were damaged. One person was injured. The moment of the drone's arrival at the Karavan shopping center in Kharkiv was captured on video.
12.26 As a result of Russian attacks and fires that broke out after the strikes, air quality has temporarily deteriorated in a number of settlements in the Kyiv region. In particular, moderate concentrations of fine dust were recorded in Vyshhorod, Vasylkiv, Bila Tserkva, and Brovary.
12.19 Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down a Russian strategic bomber TU-95MS at Engels airbase in Sartov region. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported this on Facebook.
12.08 In Kyiv and Kyiv region, there are dead and wounded among civilians who were at the sites of liquidation of the consequences of Russian attacks. As reported by the State Emergency Service, people, due to increased interest in the work of rescuers, neglect safety rules and are in dangerous areas where the liquidation of the consequences of Russian strikes is ongoing. Rescuers urged people not to approach such locations and not to leave shelter without urgent need.
12.06 In the occupied areas of Donetsk region, disruptions in communication, energy and water supply are recorded due to the Ukrainian attack on the energy system. This was reported by the so-called "DPR authorities".
According to the "head of the DPR government" Andriy Chortkov, specialists are now doing "everything possible to restore the supply of electricity and water". According to him, the voltage in the network is planned to be stabilized by the evening, and "for now in some cities and districts" temporary outages and communication disruptions are possible. As TG channels write, there is a complete blackout in the occupied part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions after the UAV attack. It is noted that after the drone attack, a thermal power plant in the city of Shchastia, Luhansk region, caught fire.
11.43 One person was killed and two were injured as a result of a Russian attack on the night of August 28. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko.
"Unfortunately, the enemy's morning attack took the life of a man in the Buchansky district. Another man received multiple shrapnel wounds. He was hospitalized to a local hospital. A woman was also injured in the Fastivsky district - she received cuts to her arm. She is currently receiving the necessary medical care," he noted.
11.32 Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Region, Russia. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
Slavneft-YANOS is one of the largest oil refineries in the Russian Federation. The plant's capacity is about 15 million tons of oil per year.
11.16 A 24-year-old woman may be involved in the explosion of a Russian military man's car in St. Petersburg, which killed him. According to the Russian publication Fontanka, the woman allegedly began communicating on messenger with unknown people several months ago, who later, according to the publication, introduced themselves as representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the Russian media, she was offered to plant an improvised explosive device under a specific car, and then leave Russia. On the evening of August 26, the woman allegedly planted an explosive device under a car in the Shushariv area, and the next morning she flew from St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport to Turkey.
11.12 Counterintelligence officers detained a woman who coordinated Russian attacks in Cherkasy and Poltava regions. The SBU reported this. The woman led the Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, government agencies, and critical infrastructure facilities.
10.51 On Friday morning, power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure facilities. This was reported by Ukrenergo. Energy workers are doing everything possible to restore power to all consumers as soon as possible, the company assured.
10.30 The Russian city of Yaroslavl came under a massive drone attack on Friday night. The main target was the local oil refinery (refinery) Yaroslavnaftoorgsintez (Slavneft-YANOS). Fires broke out in at least two places at the facility.
10.24 Ukraine is preparing a response to the Russian Federation's tactics of carrying out a large number of small drone attacks on Kyiv. This was stated by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
"The enemy is launching a small number of jet UAVs in waves with the aim of paralyzing Kyiv. The enemy does not have the resources for a large number of drones. The goal is to exhaust the air defense and the population. There will be solutions to counter this tactic of the Russians," he noted.
10.08 On the front of the past day, 250 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded, 40 enemy attacks were recorded in the Pokrov direction, and 35 in the Konstantiniv direction. This is stated in the message of the General Staff of the Armed Forces on August 28. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck nine areas of concentration of enemy manpower, a cannon and a UAV control point.
10.06 Last day, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv and 16 other settlements in the Kharkiv region. As a result of enemy strikes, two people were killed, another 13 were injured, including two children. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov. According to him, during the day, Russian troops used four guided aerial bombs, a Geran-2 drone, four Molniya UAVs, four FPV drones and 79 drones, the type of which is being determined, in the Kharkiv region.
9.47 Air defense forces neutralized 137 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is noted that from 18:00 on Thursday, August 27, the enemy launched 164 Shahed-type strike drones (half of them are jet) and Gerber, Parody-type simulator drones over Ukraine. The launches were carried out from the directions of the Russian settlements of Orel, Bryansk and Millerovo, as well as from the temporarily occupied Gvardiyske (AR Crimea) and Donetsk. Hits by Russian air attack vehicles were recorded at 16 locations, and the fall of downed targets (fragments) at another four.
9.44 Russian troops are attacking the Kyiv region with drones for the second day in a row. According to the head of the Kyiv OVA, Timur Tkachenko, 14 warehouses, 16 private households, three apartment buildings, and 16 vehicles have been damaged in the region so far.
Damage was recorded in Fastiv, Boryspil, Vyshgorod, Brovar, and Buchanan districts. In Buchanan district, rescuers were extinguishing fires under the threat of repeated strikes.
9.24 In Sumy region, two people were killed and 12 others were injured, including a child, as a result of strikes by the Russian army. This was reported by the National Police of Ukraine on August 28. It is noted that in the Seredino-Budska community, a 54-year-old woman died as a result of an enemy drone hitting a residential building. In the Sumy community, Russian troops struck with guided aerial bombs. A man died, whose personal data is being established. Three men aged 40 to 75, as well as two women aged 54 and 74, were injured. Doctors diagnosed two more women with acute stress reactions. A 65-year-old woman and two other people, including a child, were injured as a result of an enemy UAV strike. Their personal data is being established. A 61-year-old man was injured as a result of another drone strike.
9.21 As a result of the attack on the territory of a shopping center in Zaporizhia, a fire broke out, covering an area of ​​about two thousand square meters. Four people were injured. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov. He noted that the number of victims as a result of the enemy attack on a construction hypermarket in Zaporizhia is growing.
8.59 On the morning of August 28, Russian troops attacked the territory of a shopping center in Zaporizhia. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov. The enemy once again struck the territory of the Zaporizhia shopping center. As a result of the attack, the building was damaged. Preliminary, one person requires medical assistance," he noted.
8.44 Russian troops attacked the Zhytomyr region with drones. As a result of a drone attack by Russian troops, a fire broke out on the territory of one of the private enterprises. This was reported by the head of the Zhytomyr OVA Vitaly Bunechko. According to him, four trucks and three semi-trailers caught fire. Rescuers quickly extinguished the fire. There was no information about the dead or injured.
8.23 On the night of August 28, Russian troops attacked the warehouses of Nova Poshta in the Bilogorodsk community and the production facility in Sviatopetrivske. This was reported by the Bilogorodsk village head Anton Ovsienko. Units of the State Emergency Service, the local fire brigade, the police and the community's communal services are working at the scene. Information about the victims and injured is being clarified. According to the village head, almost an hour after the first hit, during the fire extinguishing, two more strikes were made at this location. The rescuers managed to retreat to a safer place.
7.54 Since the evening, Russian troops have attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 10 times with air bombs, drones and artillery. Two people were killed. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha. According to him, in the Nikopol district, the district center, Pokrovska, Marhanetska and Chervonogryhorivska communities were affected. An enterprise and a supermarket were damaged. In the Synelnyky district, the Vasylkivska community was affected. Private homes and a car were damaged. Two people were killed.
7.25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine killed and wounded 1,630 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, bringing the total enemy losses in the war to 1,483,780 people. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on August 28.
05.23 In the Kostyantynivka urban community, the amount of compensation under the eVidnovlenie program reached over 7.36 billion hryvnias. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Urban Development.
04.33 The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets has already received 1,368 appeals from veterans and their family members this year. The ombudsman announced this during the presentation of the report "On the Status of the Implementation of Veterans' Policy in Ukraine."
The number of such appeals is growing every year. Thus, in 2022 there were 614, in 2023 - 678, in 2024 - 1033, while in 2025 - already 2077.
03.39 During a visit to Moscow, US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe gave FSB Chief Alexander Bortnikov an assessment of Russia's real situation in the war against Ukraine and urged the Kremlin to begin negotiations to end the war, The New York Times reports, citing current and former US officials.
The CIA doubts that the Kremlin leader is receiving truthful information from his advisors about the situation on the front and the scale of Russia's losses.
According to sources, Ratcliffe told Bortnikov that, given Russia's military and economic situation, Moscow should move into serious negotiations to end the war.
02.57 Sweden will equip Ukraine with ten coast guard boats to conduct rescue operations on water, including mine clearance. This is reported by Bloomberg.
The boats will be handed over to the State Emergency Service. According to the decision of the Swedish government, they will be handed over in their current technical condition.
02.32 Several Leopard 2 tanks supplied to Ukraine as part of Western aid and damaged during defensive battles against Russia have been restored in Lithuania, dpa reports.
They are expected to return to the front lines in the near future. The number of restored vehicles is not disclosed.
The work was financed by Germany, which, after lengthy discussions, began supplying Leopard 2 to Ukraine in early 2023.
01.14 Since the beginning of the day, 13 air alerts have been declared in Kyiv, which is the largest number for the entire period of the full-scale war. This is evidenced by data from the Air Force.
The previous record was 12 alarms per day. It was recorded on March 1, 2022.
During enemy attacks, Kyiv residents are always urged to go to the nearest shelters and remain there until the alarm is over.