The Ukrainian army has recaptured the southern front village of Robotyne from Russian forces, where Kiev forces have been conducting a difficult counteroffensive since mid-June, a deputy defense minister announced on Monday (28 August). “Our forces are advancing southeast of Robotyne and south of Mala Tokmashka,” Ganna Maliar told Ukrainian TV about the two locations in the Zaporizhia region. Follow our live.
Drone strikes in the Moscow and Bryansk regions. Russia claims to have thwarted night attacks by Ukrainian drones in the Moscow and Bryansk regions. “There were no casualties or damage,” Mayor Sergei Sobyanin assured Telegram in Moscow after the destruction of a drone flying toward the capital.
Russia confirms death of Yevgeny Prigoyine. Russia on Sunday officially confirmed “after genetic expertise” the death of Russian paramilitary group Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigoyine, whose plane crashed on Wednesday, raising suspicions of revenge in the Kremlin two months after a failed coup.
A second cargo, which was blocked in the port of Odessa, was removed via a makeshift corridor. This path was initiated after the failure of the Black Sea Grains Agreement. “The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Primus, owned by a Singaporean operator, has left the port of Odessa,” Ukraine’s Reconstruction Ministry said on Sunday. In mid-July, Russia withdrew its security guarantees in the Black Sea maritime corridor for Ukrainian exports.