The Kremlin appears to be resuming its drone and missile strike campaign targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of Winter 2025, likely in an effort to undermine Ukrainian will to resist Russian aggression.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 95 Shahed-type and decoy drones from the directions of Kursk and Oryol cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea on the night of August 26 to 27.[10] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 74 drones over northern, southern and eastern Ukraine and that 21 drones struck nine locations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian strikes caused power outages in Poltava, Sumy, and Chernihiv oblasts, leaving more than 100,000 households without electricity.[11] The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy stated that Russian strikes damaged a critical electrical substation in Sumy City and gas transportation infrastructure facilities in Poltava Oblast.[12] The Ministry of Energy added that Ukrainian authorities consider the strikes to be a continuation of the Russian campaign to destroy Ukrainian energy infrastructure on the eve of the heating season. Ukrainian officials stated that Russian strikes also de-energized water utilities in Sumy City and damaged an electrical substation in Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv Oblast; a school in Kharkiv Oblast, and an apartment building in Kherson City.[13] Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, reported that a Russian strike on August 26 destroyed the DTEK coal enrichment plant in Donetsk Oblast, which prepares coal for heating.[14]
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During the night of August 27, Russia launched 95 Shahed drones and decoys from multiple directions including Kursk, Millerovo, Orel, and occupied Crimea. Ukrainian air defense, EW units, and mobile groups managed to shoot down or suppress 74 of them. 21 drones hit targets across 9 locations.
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⚡️Ukraine hits Russian cruise missile carrier near occupied Crimea, intelligence claims.
Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) hit a Russian Buyan-M-class small missile ship, a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, near Russian-occupied Crimea in the Azov Sea on Aug. 28, HUR reported.
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Unspecified actors likely conducted an attack against the key oil pipeline that supplies Moscow City in Ryazan Oblast on August 26. Sources in the Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) told Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne on August 27 that local Ryazan Oblast forums reported an explosion and subsequent fire on a section of the Ryazan-Moscow oil pipeline.[25] Suspilne reported that law enforcement agencies and repair crews are currently working near the village of Bozhatkovo, Ryazan Oblast, to respond to the emergency situation of the explosion and fire. GUR sources stated that Russian state-controlled petroleum company Transneft, which supplies the Russian military, repurposed the pipeline in 2018 to transport automobile gasoline. GUR sources reported that the explosion indefinitely halted transfers of petroleum to Moscow City via the pipeline.
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- Limited small Russian tactical forces recently infiltrated Ukrainian defenses in two border settlements in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, but have not established enduring positions in the area.
- Russian forces are using infiltration tactics in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast similar to those they used near Dobropillya (northwest of Pokrovsk) in early August 2025.
- The Kremlin appears to be resuming its drone and missile strike campaign targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of Winter 2025, likely in an effort to undermine Ukrainian will to resist Russian aggression.
- The Kremlin is attempting to undermine US and European joint efforts to determine appropriate security guarantees for Ukraine by seemingly demanding that Russia and the United States privately discuss such matters.
- The Kremlin signaled that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains unwilling to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky unconditionally.
- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reiterated Azerbaijan's continued support for Ukraine's territorial sovereignty and condemned the Soviet Red Army for "invading and occupying" Azerbaijan in 1920 – further aggravating already deteriorating Russian-Azerbaijani relations.
- Russian forces recently advanced near Borova, Toretsk, and Pokrovsk and in eastern Zaporizhia Oblast.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational information as of 22:00 on 27.08.2025 regarding the Russian invasion
Since the beginning of the day, 110 combat engagements have taken place. The enemy carried out 56 air strikes on the positions of our troops and populated areas, using 84 guided aerial bombs. There were 1647 attacks by kamikaze drones, and the enemy made 3554 artillery attacks.
- Six combat engagements took place today in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk sectors. The enemy made 165 artillery attacks, including four from multiple launch rocket systems; conducted 12 air strikes and dropped 23 guided bombs.
- Three attacks were repelled by Ukrainian units in the South Slobozhansky sector near the settlements of Hlyboke and Kolodyazne. Two firefights near Vovchansk and Kamyanka are still ongoing.
- In the Kupyansk sector, the enemy tried to break through to our defensive positions near Kupyansk six times. Four attacks are still ongoing.
- The enemy attacked twenty times in the Liman sector, trying to advance in the areas of Novomykhailivka, Novyi Myr, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazy, Torske, Serebryanka and in the directions of Yampil, Zakitne, Dronivka and Shandryholove. Nine combat engagements have taken place so far.
- In the Siversky sector, our troops successfully stopped three attacks near Fedorivka, Hryhorivka and in the direction of Siversk. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
- The enemy tried to break into our defense seven times in the Toretsk sector in the areas of Pleshchiyivka, Toretsk and Poltavka.
- - The enemy is intensively attacking Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsk sector. The aggressor made 33 assault and offensive attacks here during the day. Russian occupants were active in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Novoekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Sukhetske, Lysivka, Udachne, Molodetske, Novoukrainka and in the directions of Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Promin, Balagan, Novopavlivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Pokrovsk. One firefight is ongoing.
- According to preliminary estimates, Ukrainian troops neutralized 151 occupants in this sector today, 107 of them were eliminated irretrievably. Our defenders also neutralized an armored combat vehicle, a cannon, seven vehicles, a motorcycle, 84 unmanned aerial vehicles and an enemy UAV control center.
- - In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian troops stopped 15 attacks in the vicinity of Filiya, Ivanivka, Voskresenka and towards Sichneve. One firefight is still ongoing.
- - No enemy offensives have been recorded in the Kramatorsk, Huliaypillia, Orikhiv and Prydniprovskyi sectors since the beginning of the day, however, the enemy conducted air strikes on the settlements of Bilohiria and Mykolaivka.
**Today, we would like to recognize the soldiers of the 39th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade who are steadfastly holding back the occupiers.**
Glory to the Ukrainian soldiers! Glory to Ukraine!
Branson Gates doesn’t just mouth the words. He infuses them with a twist that reframes Trump’s delivery altogether. According to Gates, if you really take a close look at Trump’s words, they prove he was “born to be a gay man.”
Last month, Gates posted a compilation video of his best Trump lip-syncs. The clip quickly exploded, breaking out from TikTok to other social platforms where it’s now racking up views by the millions. Critics of Trump are reveling in it, calling it one of the funniest pieces of Trump satire to surface in years.
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Gates posted a compilation video of his best Trump lip-syncs. The clip quickly exploded, breaking out from TikTok to other social platforms where it’s now racking up views by the millions. Critics of Trump are reveling in it, calling it one of the funniest pieces of Trump satire to surface in years.
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'It's all bullsh*t' — Trump responds to Russia's attacks on Zelensky's legitimacy, threatens 'economic war' with Moscow
Trump's comment came in response to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who told NBC News in an interview on Aug. 22 that the Kremlin does not view Zelensky as the legitimate leader of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin could not sign a peace deal with Zelensky, Lavrov claimed, because Zelensky lacks the authority to sign legal documents.
Lavrov also said Putin was not prepared to meet with Zelensky and had no plans to set up talks, despite Trump's push for a meeting and Zelensky's willingness to discuss territorial issues directly with Putin.
