These are the most important developments on the 914th day of the war.

Here is the situation on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

Battle

• At least seven people were killed and 47 injured, including four children, when Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in 15 regions with drone and missile strikes, causing severe damage and disrupting supplies. Russia confirmed the attacks, which it said were aimed at facilities supporting the military-industrial complex.
• Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said the country’s armed forces shot down 102 of the 127 missiles and 99 of the 109 drones launched by Russia. He called the attack “the most massive” since Russia began its large-scale invasion in February 2022.
• Poland said that during the Russian bombing an object, probably a drone, entered its airspace and possibly landed on Polish territory.
• US President Joe Biden condemned what he called an “outrageous attack” and reiterated his country’s “unwavering” support for Kyiv.
• At least one person was killed and four injured when a Russian missile hit a building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration. Five people are said to still be trapped in the rubble.
• The Reuters news agency said its journalist Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey was in a critical condition in hospital after a rocket hit a hotel in Kramatorsk where he was staying with a six-person Reuters team. Security adviser Ryan Evans was also killed in the attack, while another journalist, Daniel Peleschuk, was treated for his injuries in hospital and released. The other three were unhurt.
• Russia said it had attacked Ukrainian forces at at least 12 different locations in the Kursk region with airstrikes, artillery and infantry. Moscow said it had also repelled attacks at seven other locations in Kursk, where Kyiv launched a surprise cross-border attack on August 6. It added it had also attacked Ukrainian forces at 16 other locations in the neighboring Sumy region.

• The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said he would personally lead the mission to inspect the Kursk nuclear power plant in Russia during a visit on Tuesday, citing the “grave situation”.
• Local authorities in Russia’s Saratov region said four people were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike in the cities of Saratov and Engels, which has a military airport that Ukraine has previously attacked.

Politics and Diplomacy

• Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the war in Ukraine, the White House said in a statement. Modi visited Kyiv last week. It was the first visit by an Indian head of state to Ukraine since the country’s independence in 1991. Modi wrote online that he “reiterated India’s full support for an early return to peace and stability.”
• A Russian court said the trial of Laurent Vinatier, a French citizen accused of illegally gathering intelligence on military affairs, will begin on September 3. If convicted, Vinatier faces up to five years in prison. The researcher at the Geneva-based non-governmental organization Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue was arrested in June.
• Russia was the only UN Security Council member to skip an informal meeting in Switzerland at which the 14 members present reaffirmed their commitment to international humanitarian law. The Russian envoy in New York called the meeting a “waste of time.”

Weapons

• Ukraine says it has developed a new long-range weapon – the Palianytsia – designed to penetrate deep into Russia. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said the weapon would provide “answers” to a wave of Russian bombings.