AFU destroy more than 27,000 enemy vehicles this year - Syrskyi
Since the beginning of the year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed more than 27,000 Russian army vehicles.
27 August 2025
Since the beginning of the year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed more than 27,000 Russian army vehicles.
Russia’s denunciation of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is, in fact, an admission of guilt.
At present, Russians are “sending negative signals regarding meetings and further developments.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that the overnight Russian drone attack was deliberately aimed at civilian infrastructure, leaving more than 100,000 households without electricity across three regions.
Russia could exploit unresolved conflicts in the Balkans to stage new provocations and destabilize the region through proxy players, despite NATO’s presence.
In Kherson region, Russian forces shelled a farm in the village of Novovorontsovka, killing two people.
Any change of territories will create a precedent for the occupation of other states
Yesterday, eight settlements in the Kharkiv region were hit by Russian strikes, and three people were injured.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 74 of the 95 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of August 26.
On August 26, Ukrainian forces engaged in 173 combat clashes with Russian troops, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Fighters from the Phoenix Unmanned Aerial Systems Unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine used drones to destroy three command posts, a Russian electronic warfare (EW) system, and other electronic equipment, while eliminating about 10 enemy soldiers on the Kupiansk front.
Since early August, the 413th Raid Battalion of the Unmanned Systems Forces has destroyed more than 100 Russian military vehicles along the Novopavlivka front.
Russia suffered approximately 1,078,750 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and August 27, 2025, with 920 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is afraid to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss terms for ending the war.
The Ukrainian and Russian sides have exchanged letters from prisoners of war on both sides and discussed arrangements for delivering humanitarian parcels.
On August 26, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 130 combat clashes with Russian occupiers, with the heaviest fighting occurring in the Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors.
26 August 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Russia would face an economic war if it refuses to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is joining the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children as part of President Zelensky’s initiative Bring Kids Back UA.
Fighters from the Phoenix Unmanned Aerial Systems Unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine used drones to destroy three command posts, a Russian electronic warfare (EW) system, and other electronic equipment, while eliminating about 10 enemy soldiers on the Kupiansk front.
On August 26, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the use of an additional UAH 4.8 billion for the eRecovery program to fund certificates for destroyed housing.
The United States has announced it is ready to provide intelligence assets and battlefield surveillance for any Western security plan for post-war Ukraine, as well as participate in a European air defense shield for the country.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced upcoming international contacts that could become a step toward ending the war.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, UK Chief of the Defence Staff, and his successor, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton.
A 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, who recently fled Ukraine to the United States because of the war, was killed at a train station in the state of North Carolina.
On the Toretsk sector, fighters from the Spalakh Unmanned Systems Battalion, the Kurt&Company unit, and the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Knights of the Winter Campaign" destroyed six cannons and two tanks belonging to the Russian army.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 71 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues in six front areas, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors.
The Benelux countries have reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine in the war with Russia, on the country’s path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, and pledged to deepen cooperation in the fields of security, reconstruction, and humanitarian issues.
In Vovchansk community of Kharkiv region, a Russian drone struck a vehicle delivering humanitarian aid to a frontline settlement.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and export infrastructure have disrupted Russia’s refining and export operations, triggered gasoline shortages in some regions, and served as a response to Moscow’s strikes on Ukraine’s gas and energy facilities.