Category: World

An F-16 fighter jet crashed throughout a rehearsal for an air present within the Polish metropolis of Radom on 28 August, killing the pilot.

Supply: Adam Szłapka, a spokesman for Polish authorities, on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Szłapka reported that the F-16 crashed whereas making ready for the Worldwide Airshow in Radom.

Quote: "Sadly, the pilot has died. Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz spoke with the prime minister and is now heading to the crash website."

Podczas ćwiczeń przed Air Present w Radomiu różnił się F-16. pic.twitter.com/GhusSRlX5T

— Remiza.pl (@remizacompl) August 28, 2025

Extra particulars: A video shared on social media reveals the fighter jet sharply shedding altitude and crashing into the bottom.

The Worldwide Airshow is because of happen on 30-31 August in Radom and is among the largest occasions of its form in Europe, the place this yr greater than 150 plane from 20 international locations may be seen.

Background:

• In Might, an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed close to the Finnish metropolis of Rovaniemi, with the pilot managing to eject.
• Final October, a Spanish Air Pressure F/A-18 Hornet crash resulted within the pilot’s demise.

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The dying toll from the large-scale Russian assault on Kyiv on the night time of 27-28 August has risen to 21, together with 4 kids. Dozens have been injured.

Supply: Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv Metropolis Navy Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote from Tkachenko: "19 killed. Search and rescue operations are ongoing on the website of the assault within the Darnytskyi district."

The State Emergency Service reported that 52 folks have been injured. Emergency employees proceed emergency and rescue operations at two places.

The aftermath of the assault. Photograph: UP

Particulars: Tkachenko reported that as much as ten folks should be trapped underneath the rubble, because the related companies report.

Within the Darnytskyi district, the District State Administration has arrange headquarters on the assault website to help folks. Specialist workers are dealing with requests from residents.

The aftermath of the assault. Photograph: UP

Up to date: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that the variety of folks injured within the Russian assault has risen to 65, with 35 folks taken to hospital, amongst them are six kids.

Up to date at 20:58: Tkachenko reported that as of 20:58, 21 persons are reported to have been killed within the Russian assault. The search and rescue operations are ongoing.

Background:

• On the night time of 27-28 August, Russian troops launched a large-scale assault on Ukraine, utilizing 629 aerial belongings. Missile and strike drone hits had been recorded in 13 places, with downed plane (particles) falling in one other 26 places.
• Eighteen folks, together with 4 kids, have been killed and dozens of others sustained accidents within the large-scale Russian assault on Kyiv. The dying toll should rise.
• Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned that emergency employees continued clearing the rubble of a five-storey constructing on Boryspilska Road in Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, with not less than three folks presumably nonetheless beneath it.

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The Committee to Defend Journalists (CPJ) has reacted to the Russian strikes on Kyiv on the night time of 27-28 August and the injury triggered to the workplaces of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), the unbiased information outlet Ukrainska Pravda and the Dnipro newspaper Mezhivskyi Merydian.

Supply: CPJ

Quote: "At present’s devastating Russian assault on Ukraine, which broken no less than three media workplaces, is a stark reminder of the dangers journalists face working and residing within the nation. The strikes present that journalists’ security stays a significant concern, no matter how far they’re from the entrance strains."

Particulars: The Committee to Defend Journalists condemned the Russian assaults and known as on Russia to instantly stop strikes on civilian infrastructure.

CPJ additionally recalled that over the course of greater than three and a half years of struggle, Russia has usually struck media workplaces throughout the nation, journalists have been injured whereas working, and their houses have been bombarded.

They confused that no less than 18 journalists and media employees have been killed whereas reporting in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion started in February 2022.

Background: Because of a large-scale mixed Russian assault on Kyiv on the night time of 27-28 August, the workplace of Ukrainska Pravda and the workplace of the Kyiv bureau of Radio Liberty had been broken.

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Russian forces attacked the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with guided aerial bombs on 28 August, killing one man and injuring 4 different folks.

Supply: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Army Administration

Particulars: He reported that the strike had hit the Malomykhailivka hromada. The Russians killed a 49-year-old native man. 4 folks sustained accidents. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Russian forces additionally broken homes.

Background:

• On the evening of 27-28 August, Russia launched a large-scale assault on Ukraine utilizing loitering munitions in addition to air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles. A complete of 629 aerial belongings have been launched, 589 of which have been destroyed by Ukrainian air defence.
• Eighteen folks, together with 4 kids, have been killed and dozens of others sustained accidents within the large-scale Russian assault on Kyiv. The loss of life toll should still rise.

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Dmitry Peskov, Russian chief Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, has stated that the lethal Russian strike on Kyiv on the evening of 27-28 August was "profitable".

Supply: Peskov in feedback to Kremlin-aligned Russian information retailers

Particulars: In the meantime, Peskov claimed that Russia "stays interested by persevering with the negotiation course of on resolving the Ukrainian disaster" [as Russia refers to the war – ed.].

He additionally talked about that Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure amenities are persevering with.

Background:

• On the evening of 27-28 August 2025, models from Ukraine’s defence forces struck quite a few key Russian property.
• On 28 August 2025, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence models additionally hit a Buyan-M class missile ship within the Sea of Azov.
• Sixteen individuals, together with 4 youngsters, had been killed and dozens had been injured because of the Russian strike on Kyiv on the evening of 27-28 August. Residential buildings had been broken.

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Destruction has been reported within the Fastiv, Obukhiv, Brovary and Vyshhorod districts of Kyiv Oblast as a result of newest mixed Russian drone and missile assault.

Supply: Mykola Kalashnyk, Head of Kyiv Oblast Navy Administration, on Fb

Quote: "Russia has as soon as once more cynically struck civilian settlements: residential buildings and even a hospital. An air-raid warning in several districts of the oblast had been in impact for greater than 12 hours."

Particulars: Kalashnyk stated a regional medical hospital situated in Kyiv had been broken. About 50 home windows have been shattered and frames and doorways have been broken.

The aftermath of the Russian assault Picture: Mykola Kalashnyk

"Пацієнтів тимчасово переміщено до іншого медзакладу, допоки триватиме відновлення цього", – зазначив Калашник.

The aftermath of the Russian assault Picture: Mykola Kalashnyk

В області пошкоджено 19 приватних житлових будинків і 1 квартиру в багатоповерхівці,а також 4 автомобілі.

The aftermath of the Russian assault Picture: Mykola Kalashnyk

Background: Earlier, it was reported {that a} 33-year-old man within the Fastiv district had sustained lacerations to the chest and his proper shin.

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Ten folks, together with a baby, have been killed and dozens of others sustained accidents in a large-scale Russian assault on town of Kyiv on the night time of 27-28 August.

Supply: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter); Kyiv Metropolis Navy Administration on Telegram

Quote: "Proper now in Kyiv, first responders are clearing the rubble of an abnormal residential constructing after a Russian strike… Tragically, not less than eight folks have already been confirmed lifeless. Certainly one of them is a baby."

Replace: The loss of life toll had risen to 10 as of 09:31, mentioned Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv Metropolis Navy Administration.

Particulars: Folks should be trapped beneath the rubble, the Ukrainian president added.

The variety of folks injured within the Russian assault on Kyiv has risen to 48, Kyiv Metropolis Navy Administration has reported. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned that amongst them are kids aged 7, 10 and 11.

The aftermath of the Russian assault on Kyiv Picture: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote from Zelenskyy: "These Russian missiles and assault drones at present are a transparent response to everybody on the earth who, for weeks and months, has been calling for a ceasefire and for actual diplomacy. Russia chooses ballistics as an alternative of the negotiating desk. It chooses to proceed killing as an alternative of ending the struggle. And which means Russia nonetheless doesn’t concern the implications. Russia nonetheless takes benefit of the truth that not less than a part of the world turns a blind eye to murdered kids and seeks excuses for Putin."

Extra particulars: He added that Ukraine expects a response from China, which has repeatedly known as for stopping the struggle’s growth and implementing a ceasefire.

"But this isn’t taking place due to Russia. We anticipate a response from Hungary. The loss of life of youngsters ought to undoubtedly stir far higher feelings than the rest. We anticipate a response from everybody on the earth who has known as for peace however now extra typically stays silent somewhat than taking principled positions," the president mentioned.

The aftermath of the Russian assault on Kyiv Picture: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

He urged the world to impose new, robust sanctions on Russia for its actions.

The aftermath of the Russian assault on Kyiv Picture: State Emergency Service of Ukraine The aftermath of the Russian assault on Kyiv. Picture: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

"All deadlines have already been damaged, dozens of alternatives for diplomacy ruined. Russia should really feel accountable for each strike, for day by day of this struggle," Zelenskyy concluded.

The aftermath of the Russian assault on Kyiv. Picture: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Background:

• At round 05:00 on 28 August, Kyiv Metropolis Navy Administration launched early data on the aftermath of the mixed Russian assault on Kyiv. It reported that 4 folks, together with a baby, had been killed, and about 20 had been injured.
• Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko said that rescue staff have been persevering with to clear the rubble of a five-storey constructing on Boryspilska Road in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, the place not less than three extra folks should be trapped

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Emergency employees are persevering with to clear the rubble of a five-storey condominium block on Boryspilska Road within the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the place a minimum of three individuals should still be trapped beneath the rubble, Ukraine’s Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko has stated.

Supply: Ihor Klymenko on the nationwide joint 24/7 newscast on the morning of 28 August

Quote from Klymenko: "We’re on Boryspilska Road, the place a five-storey condominium block has been broken. Its third part has been destroyed by an enemy missile. State Emergency Service bomb disposal groups have discovered wreckage from the missile; the navy will touch upon its kind.

We will verify the deaths of three individuals at this location, and 4 in Kyiv total. However there may be data that a minimum of three our bodies could stay beneath the rubble right here."

The aftermath of the assault. Photograph: Oleksandr Kovtunov, Head of Darnytsia District Army Administration, on Telegram

Particulars: Klymenko stated that the missile struck between the second and third flooring of the five-storey condominium block.

He added that rescue employees pulled a lady and two males alive from beneath the rubble on Boryspilska Road.

"They survived, however are in a severe situation in hospital," Klymenko famous.

The aftermath of the assault. Photograph: Oleksandr Kovtunov, Head of Darnytsia District Army Administration, on Telegram

Greater than 500 emergency employees and over 100 home equipment are at present working throughout 20 places in Kyiv.

About 25 persons are identified to have been injured within the Russian assault.

Background: At round 05:00, Kyiv Metropolis Army Administration launched early information on the aftermath of the mixed Russian assault on Kyiv. Reviews indicated that 4 individuals, together with a baby, had been killed and round 20 had been injured.

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Hungarian International Minister Péter Szijjártó has stated that provides of Russian oil by way of the Druzhba pipeline, which was lately attacked by Ukraine’s defence forces, will resume in a restricted capability.

Supply: Szijjártó on Fb, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: The minister stated that the injury to the Druzhba pipeline after Ukrainian assaults "was so important this time that restore work will take a number of days".

"Because of intensive work, a technological resolution has been discovered, which from tomorrow [28 August – ed.] will permit oil provides to Hungary to renew, initially in a take a look at mode, in small volumes," he added.

Szijjártó additionally stated he "continues to contemplate scandalous" the statements of some unnamed Hungarian politicians who "justify the Ukrainians who blew up the pipeline".

"In the meantime, we urge Ukraine to not assault the pipeline resulting in Hungary sooner or later and to not jeopardise the safety of our nation’s vitality provides!" he concluded.

Background:

• Assaults on the Druzhba pipeline earlier grew to become the topic of disagreement between the overseas ministers of Ukraine and Hungary.
• On 24 August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded to the truth that strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia are immediately linked to Hungary’s stance on Ukraine’s EU accession.

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