What to remember from Tuesday, August 27

Five civilians were killed in new Russian drone and artillery attacks on Tuesday, according to local Ukrainian officials.

Ukraine suffered new Russian strikes which left at least five dead, on the night of Monday 26 to Tuesday 27 August, the day after one of the most “massive” since the start of Russia’s invasion of the country. For its part, kyiv claimed new advances in Russia’s Kursk border region, and the capture of 594 prisoners since its surprise incursion began three weeks ago. Here’s what to remember from the day.

At least five dead in new strikes

According to local Ukrainian officials, five civilians were killed Tuesday in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions in Russian drone and artillery attacks. On Monday, in the most massive Russian attack in weeks, 15 regions of Ukraine were targeted by a total of 236 missiles and drones, according to kyiv. Ukrainian forces claim to have shot down 201 of them.

“Crimes against humanity cannot be committed with impunity”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post on Tuesday about the airstrikes.

New Attempt to Invade Belgorod Region, Governor Claims

On Tuesday morning, the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, said he had received information about a new attempted incursion by Ukrainian armed forces. “There are reports that the enemy is trying to cross the border of the Belgorod region. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the situation on the border remains difficult, but under control.”Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.

Progress in Russia’s Kursk region, kyiv army reports

Struggling on the Eastern Front, faced with more numerous and better-equipped Russian troops, Ukraine launched a surprise offensive in early August, which is still ongoing, on the Russian border region of Kursk. According to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrsky, kyiv’s forces have made new advances and now control 100 localities, covering an area of ​​1,294 km2 in this region.

Syrsky further claimed that 594 Russian servicemen had been taken prisoner, and that Moscow had redeployed some 30,000 troops to try to counter the Ukrainian incursion.

IAEA warns of danger of fighting near Kursk plant

Visiting the region on Tuesday, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, stressed the danger posed by the proximity of the fighting to the Kursk nuclear power plant. “A nuclear power plant of this type so close to the point of contact or a military front is an extremely serious fact”he said.

Moscow claims capture of new village in eastern Ukraine

Russia continues to make steady gains on the eastern front, which remains the epicenter of fighting in Ukraine. On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed the capture of a new Ukrainian village, Orlivka, about fifteen kilometers from the strategic city of Pokrovsk.