Russia's war on Ukraine. 27.08.25
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces consolidated their positions in Bezsalivka and counterattacked near Andriivka and Oleksiivka.
Russian troops advanced on the eastern outskirts of Loknia, attacked near Varachyne, Yunakivka.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops tried to advance near Starytsia, attacked near Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Ambarne, in the direction of Lyptsi, Synelnykove, Khatnie.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops advanced within Kupyansk, near Petropavlivka, attacked near Sobolivka, Holubivka, Kindrashivka, Synkivka, Fiholivka, Kamyanka, Nova Kruhlyakivka, Kolisnykivka, Lozova, Zahryzove, Cherneshchyna, Hrekivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in Kupyansk, near Petropavlivka, and pushed back parts of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army in the area north of Novoyehorivka.
On the Lyman direction, Russian troops tried to advance southwest of Kolodyazi, in Zarichne, clear the territory of the Serebriansk forest, attacked near Shandryholove, Karpivka, Zelena Dolyna, Novomykhailivka, Novyi Myr, Torske, in the direction of Novoselivka, Stavky, Yampil.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Novomykhailivka.
On the Siversk direction, Russian troops attacked in the direction of Dronivka, near Hryhorivka, Serebrianka, Vyimka, Fedorivka.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian troops attacked near Chasiv Yar, in the direction of Mayske, Yar near Predtechyne and Stupochky.
On the Toretsk direction, Russian troops advanced north and northeast of Oleksandro-Kalynove, north of Yablunivka, near Bila Hora, in Oleksandro-Shultyne, attacked near Toretsk, Dyliivka, Rusyn Yar, Katerynivka, Kleban-Byk, Berestky, Pleshchiivka, Stepanivka, Shcherbynivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops tried to advance on the southwestern outskirts of Myrolyubivka, attacked near Pokrovsk, Rubizhne, Rodynske, Zapovidne, Mayak, Zolotyi Kolodyaz, Hruzke, Shakhove, Krasnyi Lyman, Volodymyrivka, Sukhetske, Sofiivka, Novoekonomichne, Hrodivka, Promin, Sukhyi Yar, Lysivka, Novopavlivka, Chunyshyne, Shevchenkove, Leontovychi, Troyanda, Zvirove, Kotlyne, and Udachne.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in Malynivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Oleksandrohrad, drove the enemy out of the villages of Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka, and fighting continues in this area.
Russian troops are fighting for Zelenyi Hay, Tovste, Andriivka-Klevtsove, tried to consolidate their positions in Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka, to advance northwest of Filiya, west of Zelenyi Hay, west of Voskresenka, south of Ternove and Zaporizke, near Komyshuvakha, attacked near Novomykolayivka, Horikhove, Dachne, Novoukrainka, Yalta, Zaporizhzhia, Hrushivske, Oleksandrohrad, Maliivka, Novoheorhiivka, Vorone, Sichneve, Shevchenkove.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian troops are fighting for Obratne, trying to advance northwest of the village, and attacked near Malynivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Malynivka.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian troops advanced near Novodanylivka, within Prymorske, attacked near Plavni, Stepnohirsk, in the direction of Pavlivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kamianske.
General conclusion:
In the border areas of Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts, there is a positive dynamic, largely due to the intensive activioty of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment, the 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade, and Special Operations Forces units.
The heights in the Kupyansk area slow down the enemy's advance. The enemy could not take control of the H26 Kupyansk – Svatove highway, but this remains one of the key tasks for them.
In the Serebriansk forest area, the troops of the enemy's 25th Combined Arms Army are trying to envelop the flank of the 11th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces and influence logistics. The forest massif significantly limits the use of FPV drones, especially fiber optic ones.
On the Lyman direction, systematic reconnaissance in cooperation with KABs, artillery, and UAVs weakens Ukrainian positions. Russian forces try to disrupt Ukrainian logistics. FPV drone ambushes on roads are common.
The tactics of the enemy's actions on the Siversk and Pokrovsk directions are the same, namely they use small infantry groups that try to infiltrate the rear and accumulate there for further actions.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian troops attacked 6 times in the direction of Chasiv Yar, which is twice as many as usual.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces are completing the elimination of the Russian breakthrough near Dobropillya, although Russian troops are trying to consolidate their positions and transfer reserves to this area.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 173 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 15 attacks by the occupiers.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 4 times near Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Krasne Pershe, and in the direction of Doroshivka, but was repulsed.
On the Kupyansk direction, 8 combat engagements took place. The enemy's assault actions in the direction of the settlements of Kupyansk and Nova Kruhlyakivka were stopped.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 34 times, trying to wedge into Ukrainian defense near Novomykhailivka, Karpivka, Kolodyazi, Myrne, Torske, and in the direction of Olhivka, Shandryholove, Stavky, Dronivka, and Serebrianka.
On the Siversk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 9 offensive actions of the invaders in the area of Hryhorivka and in the direction of Serebrianka, Vyimka, Fedorivka.
On the Kramatorsk direction, 6 combat engagements were recorded; the occupier tried to advance in the direction of Stupochky.
On the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 8 attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Oleksandro-Kalynove, and in the direction of Berestok, Stepanivka, Poltavka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 44 assault actions of the aggressor were stopped in the areas of Nykanorivka, Myrolyubivka, Novoekonomichne, Promin, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoukrainka, and in the direction of Volodymyrivka, Rubizhne, Bilytske, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, Filiya.
On the Novopavlivka direction the enemy carried out 23 attacks near Zelenyi Hay, Shevchenko, Voskresenka, Komyshuvakha, Novoheorhiivka, and in the direction of Filiya, Iskra, and Oleksandrohrad.
On the Prydniprovske direction, the aggressor's troops made three futile attempts to advance.
Supporting operation:
No strikes were reported.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The "Rubicon" Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies strikes Ukrainian positions near Mohrytsya. The Center's units were spotted on the Lyman direction.
The 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Tank Army operates near Kupyansk.
The 110th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army operates near Rodynske and Novoekonomichne, the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 2nd Combined Arms Army is engaged near Udachne.
The 14th Separate SOF Brigade strikes Ukrainian troops near Sosnivka, the 1461st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 36th Combined Arms Army is active near Novoselivka, the 69th Separate Cover Brigade of the 35th Combined Arms Army is active near Zaporizke and Temyrivka, and the 305th Artillery Brigade of the 5th Combined Arms Army fights near Kalynivske.
The 7th Air Assault Division operates near Stepnohirsk and Plavni.
Possible operation situation developments:
According to the assessment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the enemy will not be able to achieve the goal of the so-called special military operation to capture the entire Donetsk Oblast by the end of 2025. Provided current dynamics of combat operations are maintained, the enemy will be able to capture Pokrovsk by autumn, Kostyantynivka and Kupyansk by the end of the year, and reach the close approaches to Zaporizhzhia and the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration by early winter.
The command of the enemy's “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping, in cooperation with the right flank of the “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping, will expand its bridgehead northeast of Velykyi Burluk in the Southern Slobozhansky direction and will try to capture Khatnie.
On the Kupyansk direction, the command of the enemy's “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping will try to envelop the entire Kupyansk defense area of the “Khortytsia” OSG as deeply as possible from the north. The enemy will consolidate on the northern outskirts of Kupyansk and will try to paralyze the logistics support of Ukrainian Defense Forces' units defending in the city itself and east of it. The enemy will break through from the north and northeast to the R-07 Kharkiv–Chuhuiv–Kupyansk highway, attacking in the directions of Radkivka–Kovalivka and Radkivka–Myrne.
On the Lyman direction, the 25th Combined Arms Army will completely capture the Serebriansk Forest as far as the Chorny Zherebets River leading to the withdrawal of troops of the 3rd Army Corps across the river in the direction of Yampil.
On the Siversk direction, the command of the enemy's "Yug (South)" Operational Grouping will attempt to eliminate the Siversk salient held by "Khortytsia" OSG and break through towards the Sloviansk – Kramatorsk agglomeration. The 3rd Combined Arms Army will try to break through to the northern bank of the Siverskyi Donets River between Yampil and Hryhorivka, and from the southeast – toward Siversk. In the near future, the enemy will try to capture Pereyizne and attack Zvanivka along the eastern bank of the Bakhmutka River, trying to break through to Siversk from the south.
On the Toretsk direction, the troops of the 19th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces will have to leave the Shcherbynivka-Novospaske-Katerynivka-Kleban Byk area, retreat south of the Kleban Byk reservoir, and try to stop the advance of the enemy's 3rd and 8th Combined Arms Armies on the Pleshchiivka – Oleksandro-Shultyne line and go on the defensive in the area of Dovha Balka – Illinivka – Berestok – Stepanivka.
Russian forces will attack in the direction of Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka and Druzhkivka to cut the Н20 Kostyantynivka-Sloviansk highway and complicate the logistics of Ukrainian Defense Forces in Kostyantynivka, thereby facilitating the capture of the "fortress belt". Russian forces may also try to advance northwest of Chasiv Yar in the direction of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, transferring part of the troops to attack along the E40 Bakhmut – Sloviansk highway for this purpose, thereby creating conditions for an assault on the "fortress belt" from the northeast.
On the Pokrovsk direction, the 51st Combined Arms Army will continue the envelopment of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration from the north and northeast and will try to advance as deeply as possible toward Dobropillya, which will sharply worsen the prospects of defense not only for Dobropillya and Pokrovsk, but also for Druzhkivka and Kostyantynivka. Subsequently, the 2nd Combined Arms Army will begin the assault on Pokrovsk from the south and southwest.
On the Novopavlivka direction, the command of the enemy's “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping in the operational zones of the 36th and 29th Combined Arms Armies will try to capture the area between the Vovcha and Mokri Yaly rivers and Vorona and Vovcha rivers and reach the borders of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the Ivanivka-Temyrivka section.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 27.08.25
Personnel - almost 1,078 750 (+920);
Tanks – 11,135 (+1);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 23,178 (0);
Artillery systems – 32,024 (+45);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,472 (0);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,212 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 59,887 (+118);
Aircraft - 422 (0);
Helicopters – 340 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 53,636 (+194);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 3,598 (0);
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
On the night of August 27, Russia attacked Ukraine with 95 Shahed strike drones and decoy drones of various types. Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed and suppressed 74 enemy vehicles in the north, south, and east of the country, while 21 drones hit nine locations.
At night, the enemy launched a massive drone strike on the outskirts of the Sumy community. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties. There is damage to infrastructure facilities.
At night, explosions were heard in Sumy, as a result of which the city's infrastructure was damaged. A part of the city was left without electricity; there were interruptions in water supply and transport. Vital facilities operate on a backup power supply.
This night, Russia launched a massive strike on Poltava Oblast: in Poltava district, falling wreckage and direct hits were recorded. An energy sector enterprise was damaged, an administrative building, vehicles, and equipment were damaged, and fires broke out on the territory. A part of household and commercial consumers were left without electricity. As of 8:30 a.m., electricity supply was restored.
On the night of August 26-27, the Russians attacked energy and gas transportation facilities with drones in six oblasts of Ukraine—Sumy, Poltava, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia. Poltava Oblast was hit the hardest, where gas transportation infrastructure facilities were deliberately damaged. The extent of the destruction is currently being assessed.
On the morning of August 27, Russian troops shelled Kherson twice, as a result of which an 81-year-old woman was killed and three more people were wounded.
On the morning of August 27, Russian artillery struck a farm in the village of Novovorontsovka, Kherson Oblast—a 45-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were killed.
A resident of Kozacha Lopan, Derhachi community, Kharkiv Oblast, was wounded as a result of a Russian drone attack: the 68-year-old woman was in her yard when a drone hit her barn, as a result of which she suffered a concussion, brain contusion, numerous facial abrasions, and first-degree burns on both forearms.
On the morning of August 27 in Kupyansk, a Russian FPV drone hit a civilian car—a 69-year-old man and his 63-year-old wife were wounded.
On August 27, Russian troops struck the village of Uspenivka, Polohy district, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, three times, as a result of which a 52-year-old woman and men aged 63 and 87 were wounded. Private houses, outbuildings, and cars of local residents were damaged by the blast wave and shrapnel.
Russian troops attacked a DTEK enrichment plant in Donetsk Oblast, destroying the building and seriously damaging the equipment. The fire was extinguished; the workers who were on shift were not injured. The plant's operation is completely stopped, and its facilities are not fit for use. This is not the first large-scale attack on the plant, which supplied coal for Ukraine's thermal power generation.
Throughout the day, the enemy continued to attack Nikopol district, using FPV drones and heavy artillery on towns and villages, including Nikopol, Myrove, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka, and Pokrovsk communities. As a result of the attacks, two people were injured.
In the towns and villages of Donetsk Oblast where forced evacuation of families with children is being carried out, 1,525 families with 1,972 children remain.
In Russia, more than 300 Ukrainian servicemen who participated in the Armed Forces of Ukraine operation in Kursk Oblast have been convicted on "terrorism" charges.