A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council will take place on Wednesday afternoon, August 28, at the request of kyiv, the Atlantic Alliance announced. After massive Russian strikes on Monday and Tuesday on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is expected to attend, among other things. “briefing the Allies on the situation on the battlefield by video”. On Monday, in the largest attack in weeks, 15 regions of Ukraine were targeted by a total of 236 missiles and drones, according to kyiv. Follow our live stream.
Six dead in Russian strikes on the East. Several Russian strikes took place on Wednesday in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor announced. “In the morning, Russians killed four people and destroyed a house in Izmailivka”a village located very close to the front, Vadym Filachkin said. Another attack killed two people near Chassiv Yar, a regional stronghold, he added.
Fuel depots targeted by drones in Russia. Two fuel depots caught fire in southwestern and western Russia on Wednesday following Ukrainian drone attacks, regional authorities said. One attack took place in the Rostov region and another in the Kirov region, located 1,100 km from the Ukrainian border and hit for the first time since the conflict began in 2022.
Successful test of first Ukrainian ballistic missile, according to kyiv. Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday the successful test of the first Ukrainian-made ballistic missile. “I commend our defense industry for this,” said the Ukrainian president, while refusing to “give more details” on this new weapon.