A few days after welcoming the appearance on the front lines of a long-range missile drone, Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday, August 27, the successful test of a first Ukrainian-made ballistic missile. “I congratulate our defense industry for this”said the Ukrainian president at a press conference in kyiv, while refusing to “give more details” on this new weapon. These missiles have a trajectory essentially called “ballistic”, that is to say influenced only by gravity and the speed acquired by the impulse provided at the time of propulsion. Follow our live.
A slight advance of Ukrainian troops. Ukraine claims to control 100 localities and 1,294 km2 in the Russian border region of Kursk, where it has captured 594 enemy soldiers since the start of its offensive three weeks ago, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army announced on Tuesday, August 27. On August 19, kyiv claimed to control more than 1,250 km2 and 92 localities in Russia. For its part, the Russian army claimed on Tuesday to have conquered a new locality, Orlivka, in eastern Ukraine, about fifteen kilometers from the city of Pokrovsk. It is an important logistical hub for Ukrainian troops.
A new Ukrainian incursion into Russia? The governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, said he had received reports of an attempted incursion by Ukrainian armed forces. Several Russian media outlets are reporting that a ground attack is underway.
Russian strikes cause several casualties. At least four people were killed in Ukraine overnight from Monday to Tuesday after new Russian strikes that occurred the day after one of the most deadly attacks. “massive” since the beginning of the conflict. kyiv claims to have shot down five Russian missiles and 60 drones out of a total of 91 “attack engines” sent by Russia. In the south, two people were killed and five others injured in a strike on a hotel in the Kryvyi Rig district, according to Ukrainian emergency services. A man and a woman also died in a Shahed drone strike that destroyed homes in the Zaporizhia region, the local governor reported.
IAEA chief visits Kursk. The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, has arrived at Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant, according to the Russian nuclear agency, Rosatom. He is to assess the situation and assess potential risks, as a surprise Ukrainian offensive in the region, launched on August 6, continues.
