{"id":28054,"date":"2026-08-27T09:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=28054"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:35:14","slug":"ataka-rf-ukraina-zhertvy-znestrumlennya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/ataka-rf-ukraina-zhertvy-znestrumlennya\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s large-scale attack on Ukraine: fatalities, injuries and power cuts across the regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">On the night of 27 August, Russia launched a combined attack using missiles and attack drones on Kyiv and the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkasy and Kherson regions. There have been fatalities and injuries. In these regions, residential buildings, educational and medical facilities, businesses, warehouses, energy infrastructure and other civilian infrastructure have been damaged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A woman has died in the Sumy region, and four other people have been injured.<\/li>\n<li>Seven people, including three children, have been injured in Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding area.<\/li>\n<li>Three people have been injured in Kryvyi Rih following an attack on a factory.<\/li>\n<li>Seven settlements in the Poltava region have been left without power following an emergency power cut.<\/li>\n<li>There were no casualties in Kyiv, but a secondary school and a medical facility were damaged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A secondary school in Kyiv has been damaged, and warehouses in the Kyiv region have been on fire<\/h2>\n<p>In the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital, the premises of a secondary school have been severely damaged. The blast wave also shattered windows at a public healthcare facility. In the Podilskyi district, debris fell into a courtyard between residential blocks. The city authorities have reported that there are no casualties in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>In the Boryspil district of the Kyiv region, large-scale damage occurred following a Russian strike <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/udar-po-skladakh-rozetka-fozzy-kyivshchyna\/\">fires at warehouse facilities<\/a>. Storage facilities have also been damaged in the Fastiv district, whilst one private house has been damaged in each of the Brovary and Vyshhorod districts.<\/p>\n<h2>Those injured in Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv<\/h2>\n<p>In Kryvyi Rih, Russian troops attacked an industrial plant. Three people were injured; the local authorities had previously reported two casualties, but the figure was later revised.<\/p>\n<p>Seven people, including three children, were injured in Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district. Over the past 24 hours, the regional authorities have received 110 reports of damage to homes, vehicles and infrastructure. These figures cover all strikes on the region over the past 24 hours, not just the combined attack that took place overnight.<\/p>\n<p>In Kharkiv, a drone struck the balcony of a flat on the fourth floor of a block of flats in the Industrial District. Medical assistance was provided to a 30-year-old man who suffered an acute stress reaction.<\/p>\n<h2>A woman has died and four people have been injured in the Romny community<\/h2>\n<p>Russia launched around nine attack drones at the Romny community in the Sumy region. Some of the drones were destroyed, but strikes on civilian infrastructure and residential areas were recorded.<\/p>\n<p>A 66-year-old woman was killed in the attack. Four other people were injured. The attack on the community began at around midnight on 26 August and lasted for a single night.<\/p>\n<h2>Seven hours of air strikes on the Odesa region and power cuts in the Poltava region<\/h2>\n<p>Massive <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/ataka-rf-odeshchynu-raketamy-dronamy\/\">attack on the Odessa region<\/a> It lasted around seven hours. A 16-storey residential block, an educational establishment, a private house with a garage and local residents\u2019 cars were damaged. Fires broke out at several locations, and civilian and other infrastructure was also damaged. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties.<\/p>\n<p>In the Poltava region, industrial enterprises in the Kremenchuk district and an energy facility in the Myrhorod district were hit. As a result, power was cut off to consumers in seven settlements. Power company staff and emergency services are restoring the power supply; no reports of injuries have been received.<\/p>\n<p>Fires broke out in Kherson following Russian strikes; in particular, a two-storey shop building was on fire. There has been one fatality and several people have been injured. In the Cherkasy region, air defence forces shot down four Russian drones. Emergency services are continuing to extinguish the fires, inspect buildings and update regional figures on damage and casualties.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Ukraine on 27 August. 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