Russia Launches 164 Drones and Ballistic Missiles at Kyiv and Ukrainian Cities, Killing 11 Civilians and Injuring 43
On August 27, 2026, Russia launched 164 drones, including 100 rocket-powered ones, and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, resulting in at least 11 civilian deaths, 43 injuries, and extensive damage to infrastructure. The attack targeted critical facilities, including warehouses, energy sites, and industrial complexes. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 137 drones, but strikes were recorded at 16 locations.
Where Sources Diverge
Some sources report 11 injured in Kyiv, while others report 4 or 8 injured.
Ukraine injures eleven civilians in attacks on Donetsk People’s Republic
Eight people injured in Ukrainian military rocket attack on the area of the TRC in Donetsk
Russian attack injures at least 4 in Kyiv – Klitschko
The number of drones launched varies between sources, with some reporting 140 and others 164.
Throughout the day on August 27, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with approximately 140 drone strikes, of which over 100 were rocket-powered.
Russia launched 164 Shahed-type drones against Ukraine, half of them jet-powered, overnight on Aug. 28
The number of casualties in Kyiv varies between sources, with some reporting 11, 4, or 8 injured.
Ukraine injures eleven civilians in attacks on Donetsk People’s Republic
Eight people injured in Ukrainian military rocket attack on the area of the TRC in Donetsk
Russian attack injures at least 4 in Kyiv – Klitschko
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Six people were injured and 165 evacuated after a Russian attack sparked a major fire and secondary explosions in Kyiv region’s Bucha district.
News sources reported a powerful explosion in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Ukrainian PM confirms major fire occurred at ammo depot outside Kiev tass.com
A major highway connecting Kyiv with western Ukraine has been temporarily closed on Aug. 28 after a Russian attack sparked fires and explosions at warehouse facilities in Kyiv Oblast, local authorities said.
In Kyiv region, a secondary detonation occurred after the explosion, resulting in a large fire. On August 28, this was reported by the television channel 'Kyiv-24'. According to the television channel, residents of the region reported new explosions near the Zhитомирskaya highway. The news is being updated.
A 17-year-old miner was killed in a Russian attack in Pavlohrad, in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Ukrainian army's general staff wants to drastically increase the production of long-range attack drones, aiming to produce 1,000 per day. Here are the notable news from this Friday, August 28, related to the war in Ukraine.
Anti-aircraft defense (PVO) systems downed 112 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions in a day. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense on August 28. 'During the day, the PVO duty forces intercepted and destroyed 112 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type,' the ministry wrote in the 'Max' messenger.
Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region that hit numerous buildings and storage depots
Ukraine is conducting a successful drone war in Russia. However, spectacular images of fires in Moscow are quite little compared to Russia's daily slaughter of Ukraine.
By late August, Ukraine had exported only a third of its normal volume of farm goods. Russia damaged more than 250 locomotives in six months.
Russian jet-powered drones have repeatedly struck warehouses, businesses and logistics facilities around the capital, disrupting supplies while rescuers work under threat of further attacks.
Prolonged air raids in Kyiv on Thursday essentially locked down the Ukrainian capital for 15 hours, the Foreign Ministry said, choking the economy and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Russia launches another wave of attacks on Kyiv News.com.au
Russian forces have resumed their drone barrage of Ukraine's Kyiv region, hitting more than a dozen apartment buildings and storage depots in a second straight day of aerial attacks, officials said.
Russian drones batter Ukraine's Kyiv region, hitting apartments and warehouses for a second day AP News
Russia Strikes Ukraine's Capital with Waves of Drones bdnews24.com
Russian forces strike Kharkiv with drone, casualties reported Ukrinform
Ukraine’s military continues to embrace a sinister and systematic pattern of warfare explicitly targeting the defenseless.
Russian attacks have resumed on Ukraine's Kyiv region, hitting numerous buildings and depots, as Moscow works to "exhaust air defences and the population".
Russian drones batter Kyiv region for a second day aapnews.aap.com.au
Russia launched 164 Shahed-type drones against Ukraine, half of them jet-powered, overnight on Aug. 28, according to the Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 137 drones, while strikes were recorded at 16 locations and drone debris fell at four others.
Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting numerous buildings and storage depots
Russia strikes Ukraine’s capital with waves of drones Al Arabiya English
IN BRIEF: Damaged house in Sevastopol, supermarket in Moscow Region, 512 UAV attacks tass.com
Civilian facilities in Kyiv region have been targeted by Russian drones, with significant damage recorded, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko.
Russian strike drones hit logistics and warehouse premises in Kyiv, in particular the Roshen logistics center, reported fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
Russia strikes Ukraine's capital with waves of drones Reuters
Authorities report that Russia attacked Nova Postha's warehouse buildings near Kyiv in Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities are calling for the evacuation of Kherson due to the increasing danger of Russian strikes. The city of Kyiv was bombed during the day on Thursday, causing significant damage. Three Ukrainians were injured in an attack on the city of Sumy. An update on the information from the night of August 27 to August 18, 2026.
Russia launched another jet-powered drone toward central Kyiv late Thursday, triggering explosions and air defenses after a day of repeated attacks on the capital.
Russia has launched a major attack on Ukraine that targeted several cities with missiles and drones.
Massive attack: Russia targets Kyiv and Ukrainian ports aapnews.aap.com.au
In Kyiv region, damage was caused to major logistics centers and warehouse facilities as a result of explosions. This was reported on August 27 by the Ukrainian publication "Strana.ua."
Russian drones strike Kyiv: Building damaged, dormitory hit by falling debris Ukrinform
Russians have changed the nature of attacks on the capital.
The sounds of explosions, air defense fire, and jet-powered drones filled the air in Kyiv on Aug. 27, as an hours-long aerial barrage once again targeted Ukraine's capital.
Throughout the day on August 27, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with approximately 140 drone strikes, of which over 100 were rocket-powered.
From the start of August 27, air raid alarms in Kyiv have already sounded 11 times: the anti-aircraft defense system is active against Russian drones, with damage to a residential building.
Russian missiles and drones hit Kyiv retailers, ports and industrial sites The Irish Times
Russia described the targets as military-related, including industrial facilities, oil refineries, logistics hubs and port infrastructure.
The expert noted that Russians continue to focus their efforts on attacks on Kyiv.
Warehouses, homes hit in Russian overnight attack on Kyiv region News.com.au
Warehouses, homes hit in Russian overnight attack on Kyiv region Herald Sun
Supermarket chain warehouse damaged in Russian attack on Kyiv region Ukrinform
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces carried out a “massive” strike on targets in nine Ukrainian cities that began after nightfall on Wednesday. It described the targets as military-related, including industrial facilities, oil refineries, logistics hubs and port infrastructure.
Confectionery company warehouse destroyed in Kyiv region after Russian attack Ukrinform
Russian forces hit oil refineries, logistics centers in Kiev, other cities — top brass tass.com
Another school and kindergarten damaged in Kyiv due to Russian drone attack Ukrinform
A warehouse belonging to confectionery corporation Roshen in Chubynske (Kyiv region), which handled storage and further supply of finished confectionery products, was destroyed in a massive Russian attack on the morning of Aug 27, the company's press service has said.
Aviation deployed to help deal with aftermath of Russian attack near Kyiv Ukrinform
The number of people injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv has risen, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said.
Russian forces today during the white day attacked the outskirts of Kyiv with drones, following last night's Russian attacks that injured more than ten people in various Ukrainian regions, reported by Ukrainian authorities today. Meanwhile, storage facilities of Russian online retailers and refineries were again targets of Ukrainian drones, reported by foreign news agencies.
Russian troops, during a massive strike, hit metallurgical plants in Zaporozh and Kryvyi Rih. This was reported on August 27 by the Russian Ministry of Defense. "As a result of the massive strike, the cities of Zaporozh and Kryvyi Rih were hit," it says in the "Max" messenger. According to the agency, the enterprises are among the main suppliers of metallurgical products for military production.
Critical infrastructure seriously damaged in several regions of Ukraine — prime minister tass.com
As a result of the strike, all the heat and energy generating equipment was completely destroyed.
In Kyiv, two people were injured as a result of a Russian attack on Thursday, August 27, reported Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Russia attacks Kyiv with drones, wounds a dozen across Ukraine Arab News
FACTBOX: Russian forces strike Ukrainian military targets, oil refinery, steel mills tass.com
Explosions have echoed through the night in nine Ukrainian cities as Russia unleashed an onslaught while Ukraine struggles with depleted air defences.
Russia launches 'massive' strike on Ukrainian cities aapnews.aap.com.au
Russia destroys Ukraine’s infrastructure capable of producing SCALP missiles — expert tass.com
Russia Announces Strikes on Military and Oil Facilities and Ports in Ukraine Qatar News Agency
Russia hammered the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities with missiles and drones, targeting warehouses, ports, and energy and industrial facilities
Russia says it launched a ‘massive’ overnight strike on 9 Ukrainian cities AP News
Moscow to respond to Ukrainian strikes on Russian economic, trade infrastructure — Kremlin tass.com
Russian drone attack on Kyiv damages sports complex Ukrinform
A sports complex building in Pecherskyi district was damaged.
Russian military launched a massive rocket-drone strike on objects in Kyiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipro, and Odessa regions, as well as in Zaporizhzhia. This was reported on Thursday, August 27, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. High-precision weapons based on land, air, and sea, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, were used to target the objectives. Kyiv and Kyiv region [...]
Russia conducted a massive strike on Ukraine targeting ports, grain storage facilities, energy infrastructure, industry, and other infrastructure with ballistic and hypersonic rockets and combat drones, announced the Ukrainian foreign ministry...
Russia launched a fresh drone attack on Kyiv Thursday, just hours after an overnight missile-and-drone barrage. Around a dozen attack drones targeted the capital, triggering air defense fire and explosions. Fires were reported at Kyiv’s Lobanovskyi Stadium and in Holosiivskyi District as residents sheltered underground.
Debris from enemy drones was recorded in two districts of Kyiv. A car was damaged, and emergency services are working.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine is trying to provoke a response by attacking the economic and trade infrastructure of Russia, and Moscow's reaction to this will be harsh, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
As a result of the drone and ballistic attack on Kyivshchyna, warehouses and houses were damaged, with casualties reported.
Explosions heard in Ukraine's Kyiv, Reuters witness says The Star
The attacks targeted the capital and several regions.
In Donetsk, eight people were injured, including a child and a teenager, as a result of a rocket attack on the trade and entertainment center area 'Donetsk-City', reports BRF citing Russian media. According to the Russian side's appointed head of the unrecognized 'Donetsk People's Republic', Denis Pushilin, the injuries...
Explosions shook Kyiv overnight on Thursday, with damage still unclear. Russia launched drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight. The target included Kryvyi Rih in the south-east of the country, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russian army attacked Kyiv with drones and ballistic rockets during the night of Thursday. Local authorities reported that debris from Russian air targets hit a educational facility building and also residential buildings. The damages are not yet known. Moscow also attacked Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia, where several injured people are reported on site.
Russia has attacked an industrial facility in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih with ballistic missiles.
Russian air attack: Explosions heard in Kyiv, debris falls in two districts Ukrinform
Russia launched a coordinated overnight attack on Kyiv using ballistic missiles and drones, triggering explosions across the capital. Debris fell in the Podilskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, while the broader barrage also struck Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia, injuring civilians.
Russia shelled Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions with ballistic missiles on Thursday night, reports Kyiv Independent. According to journalists on site, at least six explosions were heard in the capital during the night, roughly every minute. Reports of attacks were also received in Odessa and Zaporizhzhia, where at least three people were injured.
Fragments were detected in the Podilskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Kyiv.
Explosions heard in Ukraine's Kyiv, Reuters witness says Reuters
Russia has attacked an industrial facility in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyj Rih, according to local authorities. The news agency Reuters reports. Ballistic missiles were used in the attack, and two people were injured, according to Ukrainian authorities.
An air raid alert is in effect across most of Ukraine, except for the western regions.
Ukraine injures eleven civilians in attacks on Donetsk People’s Republic tass.com
As a result of the rocket attack on the area of the commercial and entertainment center (TRC) 'Donetsk-City', eight people were injured. This was reported on August 26 by Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian forces conducted a rocket attack on Donetsk. The attack targeted the commercial and entertainment center "Donetsk City." According to local residents, rockets of the FP-5 "Flamingo" type were used. A total of about four explosions occurred in the Kyivskyi district of Donetsk; the commercial and entertainment center, which had people inside at the time of the attack, sustained damage. Rescue services are working at the site of the attack, as well as [...]