Overview
- Russian forces carried out concentrated multi‑vector strikes over Aug. 25–27 that struck Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and parts of occupied Donbas.
- Regional authorities report confirmed civilian injuries and property damage, including 23 wounded in Kharkiv, seven wounded in Zaporizhzhia and a damaged 16‑storey residential building in Odesa.
- Zaporizhzhia officials say about 738 separate impacts hit 56 settlements, with dozens of rockets and hundreds of FPV drones used in the assaults.
- Claims made by occupation authorities about a bus strike in LNR that killed nine and reports of explosions in occupied Donetsk remain unverified by independent sources.
- The Russian Ministry of Defence says it targeted military‑industrial, metallurgical, energy and logistics sites, and the attacks' high tempo risks more civilian casualties, new evacuations and wider damage to farms and supply hubs.