💥 Attack

Russian forces launched 629 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight on August 27-28, including 598 Shahed-type drones, 2 Kh-47 Kinzhal missiles, 9 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles from multiple Russian regions.

August 28, 2025 Multiple Ukrainian Oblasts

Likely Reported by 2 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Kh-47 Kinzhal (weapon_system) Iskander-M missile (weapon_system) Kh-101 cruise missile (weapon_system) Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) Russia (organization) Iskander-M (weapon_system) KN-23 (weapon_system) Kh-101 (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces launched 629 drones and missiles at Ukraine including 598 Shahed-type drones, 2 Kh-47 Kinzhal missiles, 9 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia launched 598 drones overnight, including Shahed attack drones and decoys, as well as 31 missiles

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Extracted: 2026-02-24T00:13:42.430Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-28-2025