Russia’s war on Ukraine. 27.03.26
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky Direction, Russian forces attacked near Kindrativka and Yunakivka.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced in the southwestern part of Vovchansk.
Russian forces attacked near Starytsya, Hrafske, Pishchanske, Vovchanski Khutory, and Nesterne, in the direction of Okhrymivka, Verkhnya Pysarivka, and Zybyne.
On the Kupyansk Direction, Russian forces attacked near Kupyansk, Pishchane, Kivsharivka, and Kurylivka, in the direction of Novoosynove, near Novoplatonivka, Nova Kruhlyakivka, Kopanky, Nadiia, Tverdokhlibove, Korovyi Yar, and Oleksandrivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in the southwest of Kupyansk.
On the Sloviansk Direction, the 123rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army fought for Riznykivka and Kalenyky and attempted to advance west of Kalenyky.
Russian forces attempted to advance in the northeast of Lyman, southeast of the city, west of Dibrova, and northeast of Staryi Karavan, attacked near Drobysheve, Svyatohirsk, Yampil, Zakitne, and Platonivka, in the direction of Rai-Oleksandrivka, near Fedorivka Druha and Lypivka, and struck the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal dam near Raihorodka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Rai-Oleksandrivka and hold positions in Nykyforivka.
On the Kostyantynivka Direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the center of Kostyantynivka and counterattacked near Minkivka, Novopavlivka, and Pavlivka.
Russian forces attacked near Kostyantynivka, Chasiv Yar, Minkivka, Pleshchiivka, Berestok, Illinivka, Stepanivka, Novopavlivka, and Sofiivka, and conducted an assault in Kostyantynivka, attacking from Toretske and Ivanopillya, with another group on motorcycles along the H32 Pokrovsk–Kostyantynivka highway, and a special operations group along the railway.
On the Pokrovsk Direction, Russian forces advanced west of Pokrovsk, attempted to advance northwest of Udachne, attacked near Toretske and Novyi Donbas, in the direction of Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenkove, Serhiivka, and Svitle, near Bilytske, Molodetske, Kotlyne, and Novopidhorodnie, conducted two assaults on the approaches to Hryshyne and Rodynske, and near Myrnohrad.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in Kotlyne and near Hryshyne and are repelling an assault west of Pokrovsk.
On the Oleksandrivka Direction, Russian forces attacked near Novomykolayivka, Novoserhiyivka, Horikhove, Oleksandrohrad, Krasnohirske, Ternove, Vyshneve, and Ternuvate.
Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated Berezove.
On the Huliaypole Direction, Russian forces attacked near Huliaypole, Olenokostyantynivka, and Svyatopetrivka, in the direction of Verkhnya Tersa and Vozdvyzhivka, near Varvarivka, Dobropillya, Pryluky, Myrne, Charivne, and Zaliznychne, and are transferring marine infantry and airborne units to build up the tempo of the offensive toward Huliaypilske and Verkhnya Tersa.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Myrne, Hirke, Novoselivka, Vozdvyzhivka, and Rizdvyanka.
On the Orikhiv Direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated the northern and central parts of Prymorske, Richne, and the northwestern part of Stepnohirsk, advanced in the center and north of Prymorske, consolidated in Richne, and hold positions in Veselyanka.
Russian forces attacked near Mala Tokmachka, Stepove, Shcherbaky, Prymorske, Lukyanivske, and Novoboykivske, in the direction of Novoyakovlivka and Pavlivka.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast.
Overall assessment of changes in the operational situation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces UAV strikes have prevented the enemy from concentrating forces near the international border in the north of Kharkiv Oblast. Russian forces are increasing UAV employment in Kharkiv Oblast, primarily “Molinia,” “Shahed,” “Zala,” and “Orlan” types.
Russian forces continue to sustain heavy losses in their attempts to advance toward Sloviansk, attacking 7–8 times per day and intensifying artillery strikes while deploying fresh infantry to the front line. Ukrainian Defense Forces UAV operators hold positions on the high ground east of Sloviansk, strike Russian forces in the lowland areas, and prevent the enemy from concentrating forces before leaf cover emerges and camouflage conditions change.
The first and second lift reservoirs of the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal have only around two weeks of water reserves remaining following the enemy airstrike on the dam.
Change in the line of contact (LoC), directions of attacks and counterattacks:
There were 150 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, the enemy twice assaulted Defense Forces unit positions near Starytsya and Zybyne.
On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked near Novoosynove.
On the Sloviansk Direction, 12 enemy attempts to penetrate Ukrainian defense near Nadiia, Tverdokhlibove, Drobysheve, Stavky, and Lyman, and to advance in the areas of Platonivka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and Riznykivka were stopped.
On the Kostyantynivka Direction, the enemy carried out 23 attacks near Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Berestok, Stepanivka, Novopavlivka, and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk Direction, 42 enemy assault actions were stopped in the areas of Shakhove, Novopidhorodnie, Bilytske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Pokrovsk, and Molodetske, and toward Hannivka, Novyi Donbas, Kucheriv Yar, and Svitle.
On the Oleksandrivka Direction, the enemy attacked 10 times in the areas of Oleksandrohrad, Vyshneve, and Krasnohirske.
On the Huliaypole Direction, 22 enemy attacks took place in the areas of Huliaypole, Zaliznychne, Myrne, and Svyatopetrivka.
On the Orikhiv Direction, the enemy attacked three times in the areas of Tokmachka, Stepove, and Shcherbaky.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 1st Battalion of the 41st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 44th Army Corps operates near Myropillya; the 83rd Separate Air Assault Brigade operates in the border areas of Kursk Oblast.
The 71st Motorized Rifle Division of the 14th Army Corps strikes in Volokhivka; the 15th Separate SOF Company of the 6th Combined Arms Army and the 82nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army operate in the Vovchansk area; the 83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division fights for Shevyakivka.
The 1432nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 1st Tank Army operates near Bohuslavka; the 423rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 4th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army advances in the direction of Borova.
Units of the “Rubikon” Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies strike near Mykolaivka and in the direction of Lyman.
The 1008th and 1307th Motorized Rifle Regiments, the 27th Artillery Regiment of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the 3rd Army Corps, and the 1194th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army strike in Kostyantynivka; the 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army strikes near Torske.
The 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army operates near Shakhove.
The 14th Separate SOF Brigade strikes south of Zirnytsia and near Velykomykhailivka; the 186th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 29th Combined Arms Army operates in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The 40th Separate Marine Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet advances in the direction of Varvarivka and Pryluky; the Martin Pushkar detachment strikes near Charivne and Huliaypilske.
The 108th Air Assault Regiment of the 7th Air Assault Division operates near Richne.
Possible operation situation developments:
Two offensive operations should be expected starting from the end of April 2026 — the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk and the Orikhiv-Zaporizhzhia operations. The disruption of the enemy’s summer offensive will lead to a prolonged loss of offensive capabilities, depletion of resources, and will provide a real chance to end the war. The Lyman, Sloviansk, and Kostyantynivka Directions are acquiring strategic significance, as the enemy’s military-political leadership is urgently requiring several convincing operational victories that can be presented as victory in the entire war.
The enemy “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping will continue to operate simultaneously along the Northern Slobozhansky Direction, the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, and the Velykyi Burluk Direction and will attempt to seize as large an area as possible in Sumy Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast with the aim of subsequent political bargaining for their exchange for territories in Donetsk Oblast that the enemy will be unable to seize.
The “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping command will focus on Kupyansk and expanding the southern part of the bridgehead on the Oskil rather than on tactical operations in the border zone. The 121st and 122nd Motorized Rifle Regiments of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division will actively support the advance of 1st Tank Army forces from the north in its offensive on Kupyansk and may be reinforced by a number of elements of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division as part of such a decision.
In the Kupyansk area, forces of the 1st Tank Army (47th Tank Division, 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade), elements of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division, 4th Tank Division, and 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army will under any circumstances attempt to eliminate the Defense Forces bridgehead east of Kupyansk and seize the city in the near term. The 1st Tank Army delivers its main effort in the direction of Pishchane–Kurylivka, that is, in the 47th Tank Division’s offensive sector, which is attempting to break through to Kivsharivka, consolidate there, and reach Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi with its main forces. The 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and forward units of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army periodically attempt to break through to Zaoskillia from the direction of Lyman Pershyi and in the direction of Vilshana–Petropavlivka, restore their positions in the western part of Kupyansk by attacking along the Oskil River from their bridgehead on it, with the aim of pinning Ukrainian Defense Forces units against the river or forcing them to withdraw from the Kolisnykivka and Hlushkivka area northward, while simultaneously preventing them from organizing a stable defense in the Zaoskillia area and in Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi. The task of seizing Kupyansk is currently of considerable importance to Russian military and political leadership, yet the Kupyansk Direction is unlikely to become the main focus of the enemy’s offensive campaign.
On the Sloviansk Direction, in a tactical perspective, the adversary’s “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping will move to the decisive phase of the battles for the Defense Forces’ Lyman bridgehead on the Siverskyi Donets and will attempt to capture Lyman. The adversary’s Svatove grouping of forces, intentionally separated from the “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping, will attack more actively in the direction of Borova. Ukrainian Defense Forces’ confident control over the areas of the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant, Mykolaivka, and Raihorodka allows for the provision of stable logistics for the Lyman defense area of the 3rd Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces from the southern bank of the Siverskyi Donets. With the aim of destroying logistics first and foremost, the adversary will increase fire impact on the Raihorodok – Staryi Karavan – Starodubivka – Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant area. The envelopment of the Lyman defense area from the northwest and southeast by troops of the 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies may significantly assist the adversary in its further assault on the city itself. Therefore, before the assault on Lyman, the 20th Combined Arms Army will attempt to fully occupy the Yarova – Novoselivka – Drobysheve – Pryshyb area and subsequently attempt to reach the Oleksandrivka – Sosnove line and break through to Svyatohirsk.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping will attempt to seize the Druzhkivka–Kostyantynivka agglomeration by enveloping the flanks of Kostyantynivka, while simultaneously breaking through to the near approaches to Druzhkivka, after which it will assault Kostyantynivka and push Ukrainian Defense Forces out of the Druzhkivka area under the threat of encirclement. Enemy forces will advance toward the Malotaranivka–Semenivka–Bilokuzmynivka–Komyshuvakha area. Ukrainian Defense Forces will be forced to withdraw from the area between Kostyantynivka and the Kleban-Byk Reservoir under the threat of encirclement to the area north of road T0504, which will slow the assault actions of the enemy’s 3rd Army Corps in Kostyantynivka.
On the Dobropillya Direction, in the near term the enemy will attempt to break through to the northwest, striking with the adjacent flanks of the 2nd and 51st Combined Arms Armies and breaking through to the Novohryshyne–Dobropillya (village)–Chernihivka–Shevchenko area, i.e. reaching the near approaches to Dobropillya city from the south. In the operational zone of the “Tsentr (Center)” Operational Grouping, Russian forces can no longer simultaneously break through to Dobropillya from the south, southeast, and east, meaning they are already forced to accomplish this task sequentially. It is likely that the 2nd Combined Arms Army will first break through from the direction of Pokrovsk to the near approaches to Dobropillya from the south, after which the main effort of the “”Tsentr (Center)” Operational Grouping command will shift to the 51st Combined Arms Army’s sector, which will break through to the city from the east and southeast, following which the assault on Dobropillya will begin.
On the Oleksandrivka Direction, units of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps, operating on the left flank of the 29th Combined Arms Army, will be forced to withdraw to the Voskresenka–Maliivka line and attempt to hold it; the forces of the 29th Combined Arms Army as a whole will be forced to withdraw from the Vovcha river on their left flank.
On the Huliaypole Direction, the 5th Combined Arms Army will in the near term attempt to break through to the Verkhnya Tersa–Huliaypilske line, with its forward units already pushing in the direction of Verkhnya Tersa from Zaliznychne and Zelene and attacking along the Huliaypole–Orikhiv road toward Huliaypilske from Zaliznychne and from Dorozhnyanka. In addition, the army will attempt to restore its positions along the Khaychur river.
On the Orikhiv Direction, after several failed attempts to bring Mala Tokmachka and the surrounding area under control from the west, the 76th Air Assault Division will shift its main effort axis to the northeast — along the Bilohirya–Luhivske line — in an attempt to support the advance on the adjacent flank of the 5th and 35th Combined Arms Armies, which are operating southwest of Huliaypole and have advanced in the area of Myrne and north of Zahirne.
On the Prydniprovske direction, the command of the enemy’s “Dnepr” Operational Grouping will continue trying to take control of most of the island zone in the Dnipro delta in the direction of Kherson, will try to create a tactical bridgehead on the right bank, and to eliminate the tactical bridgeheads of the 30th Marine Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the area of the automobile and railway bridges near Antonivka.
Russian operational losses from 24.02.22 to 27.03.26
Personnel - almost 1,293 170 (+1,000);
Tanks – 11,808 (+1);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 24,287 (+9);
Artillery systems – 38,863 (+68);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,700 (+2);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,337 (0);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 85,569 (+217);
Aircraft - 435 (0);
Helicopters – 350 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 200,611 (+2,222);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 4,491 (0);
Boats/ships – 35 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the evening of March 26, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 102 drones of various types, including Shahed, “Gerbera,” and “Italmas.” As of 08:30 on March 27, Air Defense Forces shot down or suppressed 93 enemy UAVs. Hits by 9 strike drones were recorded at 8 locations, along with falling debris in 4 places.
According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Serhii Ganzha, on the night of March 27, Russian troops attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast more than 30 times with UAVs and artillery. The Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykove districts came under fire. In the Nikopol district, a 17-year-old girl was hospitalized in moderate condition; an enterprise and cars were damaged. In Kryvyi Rih and the Zaitseve community, hits on infrastructure facilities were recorded, which caused fires.
According to reports from Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and the State Emergency Service, on the night of March 27, Russian troops launched strikes on the Kyivskyi district of the city. A missile hit on a nine-story residential building was recorded, as well as a UAV attack. As of the morning, the number of injured increased to 8 people, most of whom were diagnosed with an acute stress reaction.
According to the Naftogaz Group press service, as a result of Russian attacks on March 26 and the night of March 27, a gas production infrastructure facility in Poltava Oblast was seriously damaged. A fire broke out at the enterprise, and its operations have currently been suspended. The company notes that since the beginning of the year, approximately 40 strikes on Naftogaz Group facilities have been recorded.
According to the State Emergency Service, Russian troops attacked one of the settlements of the Koryukivka district in Chernihiv Oblast with a UAV. As a result of the strike, a residential building caught fire, and a 95-year-old man was killed.
According to the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, on March 27, Russian troops shelled Kostyantynivka and Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, resulting in one person killed and six injured. In the morning, the occupiers struck the private sector of Kostyantynivka with tube artillery, wounding two local residents. At 11:00, the enemy dropped a FAB-250 aerial bomb with a UMPC on a residential block in Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, leading to the death of a 41-year-old man and the wounding of four more civilians.
According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Oleksandr Ganzha, throughout March 27, Russian troops attacked the oblast nearly 50 times with UAVs and artillery, resulting in five people being injured. In the Nikopol district, four people were injured, including an 11-year-old girl; a 58-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition. A 37-year-old resident of the Pokrovske community in the Synelnykove district also sustained serious injuries. In the Kryvyi Rih district and other communities of the oblast, damage to infrastructure, residential buildings, a store, and a gas station was recorded.
According to the head of the Balakliia City Military Administration Vitalii Karabanov, on the evening of March 26, Russian troops attacked a private residential building in the city of Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast, with a “Gerbera” type UAV. A fire broke out as a result of the hit, and one person was injured.
According to the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of 2026, engineering units have cleared 452.49 hectares of territory and neutralized 358 explosive objects. Over 382.86 hectares of the surveyed areas are agricultural land, and approximately 69.63 hectares are forested areas.
According to the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, a catastrophic situation has developed in occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast: there is a shortage of drinking water in the city, stable electricity and gas supplies are absent, and medical assistance is limited. The Ombudsman emphasized that food delivery is accompanied by mortal danger for drivers, and the Russian Federation ignores the norms of the Geneva Convention regarding the provision of food and medicine to civilians. Lubinets called on the Russian side to create a humanitarian corridor for evacuation, and on the International Committee of the Red Cross to take decisive action to establish dialogue and organize the delivery of aid, as the situation has not changed a month after previous appeals.
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