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Russo-Ukraine War - 28 August 2025 - Day 1282

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the day, there have been 137 combat clashes.

The Russian enemy carried out one combined missile-air strike and 50 air strikes at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, using 33 missiles and dropping 74 controlled air bombs, carrying out 2,276 kamikaze drone strikes and 3,619 shells.

In the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursky directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled eight Russian assault actions, one confrontation is still ongoing.
Ukrainian soldiers repelled two attacks in the South Slobozhansky direction, in the areas of Glibokoye and Vovchansk.
In the Kupyansky direction, the Russian opponent tried five times to push Ukrainian units out of occupied positions in the areas of Western, Sinkivka, Golubivka and Zagrizovy. The battle is brewing.
In the Lyman direction, Russian forces carried out 31 attacks, trying to advance in the areas of settlements Grekivka, Novomikhailivka, Karpivka, Green Valley, Kolodyazi, Torske and towards Yampol, Dronivka and Serebryanka. Five clashes are going on so far.
In the Sívers триkomu direction, Ukrainian warriors stopped nine attacks near Grigorívka, Viímki and Pereíznogo, another battle is ongoing.
In the Kramators биkomu direction of the Defense Forces stopped four Russian enemies attempts to advance in the direction of Stupočok.
Russian forces tried to infiltrate Ukrainian defense six times in the Toretsky direction in the area of Scherbinivka. Konstantinivka and Illinivka suffered air strikes.
During the day in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian aggressor carried out 37 assault and offensive actions in the areas of settlements Poltavka, Volodymyrivka, Novoekonomíčne, Rodinske, Lisivka, Suhiy Yar, Dachenske, Zvirove, Udaachne, Gorihove and Novoukrainka. Currently, the fights are being sharpened in four locations.
According to preliminary calculations, in this direction Ukrainian soldiers znezkodili 125 Russian invaders, 90 of them - irrevocably. An artillery system, six units of vehicle equipment, nine unmanned aircraft, two control points and two warehouses of military and technical property have been destroyed. In addition, the artillery system and nine hideouts for the Russian enemy's personnel were damaged.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped ten attacks of the Russian adversary in the areas of the settlements of Voskresrenko, Maliyivka, Zeleny Gai, Piddubne, Oleksandrograd and Zaporizhye, five more clashes are still ongoing. Russian forces caused an aviation strike on the settlement of Malomikhailivka.
In the Gulyaipils Наkomu direction of offensive actions of the Russian occupiers was not recorded.
In the Orihivsky direction there was one combat encounter - the Russian enemy tried to advance near the settlement Stepovo.
In the Pridniprovsky direction Ukrainian soldiers repelled three attacks of zagarbnikív.