Another massive Russian air attack on Kiev. 1287th Day of War
Russian forces occupied the last villages southwest of Pokrovsk, which thus became the direct mark of attacking their regular units (previously into the city were penetrated by diversional-research groups). The defenders, on the another hand, managed to repel the effort to invade Myrnohrad from the fresh economical side. Their counterattack likely reached the second of the mentioned localities, which underlies the information that they would liberate it. The invaders occupied Komysuwacha, so under Ukrainian control between Pokrowski and Welyka Nowosilka only uninhabited border fragments of the Donetsk region remain. The Russians besides expelled the opponent from subsequent areas in the Kleban-Bćke reservoir area south of Constantinówka.
The agressor shows expanding activity on the border of the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk circuits. He crossed the river Żerbeć in Zarice on a way leading straight to Lyman, to which he remained little than 10 km. He besides reached this town from the north-west, on the side of the Kharkiv region (there are node fights against the Shandryholov.) From the breach west of the river, his troops effort to break into Borowa in the Kharkiv region. At the same time, they made advancement by attacking this town from the north-east, from the side of the Luhansk region.
On 28 August, a Russian submarine sank in the Danube Delta a Ukrainian reconnaissance vessel “Symferopol” (project 502EM). According to the U.S. Naval Command of Ukraine, 2 sailors were killed, respective injured, and respective more are wanted. However, it did not confirm the sinking, it simply reported that as a consequence of the impact in the hull, a breach was formed and the ship turned to the side. This was the first confirmed aggressor operation in which it applied an aquatic unmanned impactor. In erstwhile years, attacks utilizing them were the domain of Ukrainian forces, but the enemy developed methods to counter them, which limited the function of this category of drones in defence operations. The last effective impact with specified machines on the Russian ship was carried out in March 2024 (as a result, the corvette "Siergie Kotov").
On August 28, the invaders conducted a massive missile-dron attack, the main mark being the Ukrainian capital, 1 of the most tragic for this city. 25 people (including 4 minors) were killed, 53 were injured, and 8 were reported missing. Most of the victims were residents hit by an enemy housing block missile. NASA's FIRMS photos confirmed extended fires within Kiev Radio Works. Artem, Ukrspectsystems and Samsung Ukraine were besides hit. In addition, many civilian buildings have been damaged, including the EU Delegation, the European Investment Bank, the British Council, Ukrainian fact and Radio Swoboda.
At least 20 drones and rockets were to strike straight in Kiev. The missiles besides hit the infrastructure of the railway junction (locomotivation plant, rolling stock and power substation) in Koziatyn in the Vinnytsi region, resulting in a halt to train traffic and 60,000 subscribers temporarily cut off from the power supply.
The attacks besides included Starokonstantin and Kołomyj airports (and according to any sources – including Myrhorod and Luck) and the established Baykar companies in Zakarpacie, where they are to produce, among others, Bayraktar drones (according to the MP Ihor Zinkewycz, this was the 4th strike on them during the last six months). According to Ukrainian data, the aggressor utilized 598 drones and their imitations, and 31 ballistic and maneuvering missiles (defensors declared to neutralize 563 drones and shoot down 26 missiles).
The goal of the massive attack on August 30 was to supply the defence facilities in the dynamite and Zaporosian circuits. Motor Sich plants in Zaporoż, Piwdenmasz in Dniepra and chemical plants in Pavlohrad were hit. The biggest harm was recorded in Zaporozh where 12 enemy missiles were to fall. 1 civilian was killed and 34 were injured. Drones and rockets besides hit railway infrastructure in the Kiev Oblast and the airports. The aggressor was to usage a full of 537 unmanned and 48 rockets (a full of 510 drones were reported to be neutralized and 38 rockets shot down). Zaporozhye was besides attacked on 28 and 29 August, Dniepr on 29 August, and Pavlohrad on 31 August.
On August 27, Russian drones hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure. From the supply of electricity, the towns were periodically cut off in the Sumo circuitry (with the larger part of Sum), Poltava and Chernihow. In the latter, a comprehensive attack on gas transmission facilities was reported, resulting in “significant damage”. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, demolition was besides created in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporosk circuits. As a consequence of the re-impact on the energy infrastructure in Sumach on September 1, there was another cut in the supply of electricity and water. The city was attacked by the Russians again a day later.
The harm to substations and another power facilities besides occurred on 31 August in the Chernihow and Odski circuits (300,000 and 29,000 subscribers respectively were cut off from the current). On 2 September, the mark of hostile drones was industrial infrastructure in the White Church and port infrastructure in the area of Izmail in the Odyssk Odyssk Odysseus region. This morning, the aggressor attacked Kiev again. A full of 1676 unmanned and 94 rockets were to be utilized from 26 August to 2 September (including massive attacks on 28 and 30 August). The defenders announced that they neutralized 1515 drones and shot down 66 rockets.
On 30 August in Lviv, Andry Parubib was shot dead – a deputy and erstwhile president (2016–2019) of the ultimate Council, who served as commander of the Majdan self-defense in 2014. On September 1, the media reported that a man was detained who confessed and testified that he acted in agreement with “representatives of the Russian Federation”. Investigators fishy that the execution may have been a planned execution inspired by Russian peculiar services.
Ukrainian drones hit further enemy refineries. On 28 August, the establishments in Samara (the Kujbyszewska Refinery) and Afipski in the Krasnodar Region were attacked. On both grounds there were to be fires, and the first 1 stopped working. 2 days later, unmanned workers hit Krasnodarska and Sisranska refineries in the Samar region. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, there were fires in the first facility and in the second area. On 1 September, the Ukrainian drone caused a fire protecting the railway infrastructure of the power substation "Kropokkin" in the Krasnodarski Country.
Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) reported successful attacks on Russian military facilities in Crimea during the last days of August. As a consequence of diversion operations utilizing drones, 2 Mi-8 transport helicopters were to be hit (part of sources reported that the second damaged or damaged chopper was the Mi-24), the S-300 strategy radio-location station (initially reported a newer S-400) and the tug in Sevastopol. On 28 August in the Azov Sea, HUR diversions were to attack a Bujan-M-type rocket corvette (the name of the unit was not given) carrying Kalibr maneuvering missiles. According to the announcement, the drone subdivision of the peculiar “Primary” damaged the radio-location station, while another group attacked the ship's side. As a result, it was to leave the combat area. In addition to the harm to the intelligence choppers, no another sources confirmed.
U.S. State Department agreed to deliver 3350 precision ERAM air missiles to Ukraine (Extended scope Attack Munition), being an impoverished and reduced substitute for maneuvering missiles. Supply costs with additional equipment, spare parts and service – $825 million – are to be covered by the United States from the FMF (Foreign Military Financing) programme and Denmark, Netherlands and Norway. This was the consequence of a task launched in 2024 by American companies region 5 Technologies and CoAspire committed to handing over light GPS guided missiles with a scope of up to 250 nautical miles (463 km) that could be utilized as an "intelligent" substitute for £500 (227 kg) aircraft bombs with akin dimensions and weights. These entities proposed the plan of the Rusty Dagger and RAACM (Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile) light projectiles respectively. CoAspire stressed that the production of their rocket would be possible based on 3D printing technology.
ERAMs are not typical maneuvering missiles. Given their overall weight, the warhead will weigh 50–100 kg (in the media there has been false information that the above 227 kg refers to the weight of the warhead itself), and the fresh rocket will be alternatively equivalent to the high-distance GLSDB missile, supplied to Ukraine from 2023. The average mass of the battlehead of the modern manoeuvring rocket is twice the mass of the full ERAM (in the SCAPP/Storm Shadow rockets handed over to Kiev by France and the United Kingdom) and it is not expected to importantly increase the possible of Ukrainian attacks on the aggressor's facilities. An additional regulation is to make the usage of missiles dependent on Washington's approval for attacks in FR territory.
The State Department besides agreed to supply Ukraine with US$329.1 million military services under the abroad Military Sales programme. The first concerns the supply of spare parts and service services for previously transferred air defence systems A Patriot worth $179.1 million, and the another – sharing a Starlink satellite communications worth $150 million.
In the coming weeks, the Ukrainian arms manufacture will launch production in Denmark. On August 29, Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister of Defense, notified this country. This task was referred to as ‘Danish Model 2.0’, comparing it to Western financing in the alleged Danish weapons production model in Ukraine. Poulsen recalled that in 2024 Copenhagen allocated EUR 600 million and in the present year plans to spend EUR 1.4 billion. Under the alleged precedence list of needs for Ukraine (Priorised Ukraine Requirements List, PURL) Belgium will allocate an additional €100 million to military aid to this country, announced on 29 August by the head of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry Denys Shmyhal.
On 26 August, the Czech media reported the transfer of HUR to the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, for which public money collection began in November 2023. Ukrainian military intelligence has already received respective helicopters of this kind from another sources.
On 26 August, the lawyer General of Ukraine stated that Since the beginning of Russian aggression, more than 250,000 criminal proceedings have been initiated concerning violations of military discipline.. The largest number was related to the charge of leaving the unit or place of service (in 2024 there were over 67,000 specified cases, and in 2025 110 000 already). The increase in cases points to expanding problems with maintaining discipline and reducing the intellectual resilience of soldiers. On 28 August, the General Staff and 20 commanders of military units called on Parliament to exacerbate criminal liability for disobedience. They supported the bill, which prohibits courts from imposing penalties in suspension against soldiers refusing to comply with orders or committing another serious violations of discipline.
26 August Ukrainian government allowed men aged 18 to 22 to freely cross the state border despite the ongoing martial law. This will be possible without peculiar permits, subject to mandatory registration paper in the military records. Until now, trips from the country to representatives of this group were only available in exceptional cases, e.g. for abroad students, global transport drivers or people with disabilities. The government's decision may be due to a desire to improve relations with citizens of this age. In the military dimension, it prevents them from being mobilized widely. On 28 August, the State Border Service announced that the introduction of fresh rules allowing free departure did not consequence in a crucial increase in the number of people leaving the country.
27 August Ukraine State Border Service (PSGU)announced that the least attempts of illegal border crossing took place at the border with Poland, and most – on the 1 with Romania. The second is the border with Moldova, and the next is Hungary and Slovakia. A informing was besides issued against the hazard of illegal border crossing with Belarus due to the unpredictable behaviour of the local border guards. all day, PSGU stops up to 10 people trying to leave the country utilizing false documents. He besides conducts actions to exposure criminal networks and groups organizing illegal border crossings (for $5–12,000 per person). Since the beginning of 2025, Ukraine's territory has attempted to illegally abandon more than 13,000 people.
1 SeptemberHUR revealed that Russian tank maker Uralwagonzawód uses more than 260 abroad industrial equipment, including computer-controlled CNC device tools. The vast majority of equipment was purchased before the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine as part of a long-term programme to modernise the arms industry. The list includes hundreds of technologically advanced European and Asian production machines, which proceed to be utilized to manufacture tanks and armored vehicles. This equipment requires regular maintenance, spare parts and software updates.
Despite sanctions, Russia continues to get spare parts and machines through 3rd countries. HUR stresses that limiting the production capacity of its arms manufacture requires coordinated global action, specified as exchange of information between partners, tracking and blocking of restrictions circumvention patterns and expanding criminal and financial work for companies and individuals active in the violation of the sanctioning regime. The list of abroad components utilized by the Russian arms manufacture is systematically supplemented – it can be seen at War & Sanctions website.
On August 25, Ukrainian police reported that As of November 2024, erstwhile government to legalise undisclosed firearms entered into force, Ukrainian citizens declared to have more than 11.7 1000 firearms and more than 5 million ammunition. The arms reporting process is part of a broader run to regulate the legal situation of access to arms. The comparatively tiny number of reports is paying attention – according to erstwhile estimates of the Ministry of Interior Ukrainians can own up to 3 million unregistered weapons.
