Timeline: day 186 of Ukraine’s defense against russia’s aggression

Today is August 28. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 186 days. We're reporting on the current news. The article will be updated.

What about today?

Key points

The Ministry of Defense presented a ghost animal on Twitter that comes to the bases, warehouses, and airfields of the occupiers and plays with fire there.

Ukrainian aviators struck three Russian strongholds in Soldatskyi and Oleksandrivka, Kherson Region, as well as the area where the occupiers' manpower, weapons and equipment were concentrated in Visokopyla.

russian troops near Kherson are trying to create the illusion of an accumulation of forces with equipment maneuvers, Natalya Humenyuk said on the air of the telethon. "This is an information war. The movement of equipment creates the illusion that it is accumulating, that it is becoming more. We went to one village, to another, as if the equipment had increased. But no, the equipment that has already been brought in is being moved, it is being tracked, and we will find it, you can be calm," she added.

Nuclear security

The trip of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has already formed a mission that will visit the Zaporizhzhia NPP. It is expected that the visit to the Zaporizhzhia region will take place as early as next week, writes The New York Times. The mission will be headed by the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi. In addition to him, the delegation included 13 experts from various neutral countries. There are no representatives of Great Britain and the USA among them.

Who's coming to Ukraine?

On financial and information aid, weapons, and politicians

Ukraine may need new heavy weapons next summer, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock in an interview with Bild am Sonntag. The minister assured that, if necessary, Germany is ready to support Ukraine for years in its fight against the Russian invasion. Including the supply of heavy weapons. "Of course, I would like the war to end as soon as possible, but, unfortunately, we have to assume that Ukraine may need new heavy weapons from its friends next summer," said Annalena Burbok.

The US will more actively use the sea to send ammunition to Ukraine. This will ensure a constant flow of weapons, says The Washington Post.