Overview
- Ukrainian forces said they hit an export terminal near Rostov and a fuel-storage combinate in Udmurtia on the night of July 27, with Kyiv reporting fires at both sites and strikes on drone-control relays and depots in Crimea and Luhansk.
- Fighting on the front remains highly active, with Ukrainian reports of 227 combat clashes in the previous day concentrated on the Kostyantynivka and Pokrovsk directions and dozens of air and drone strikes across multiple sectors.
- The UN reported more than 170 civilian deaths and over 1,000 wounded from air attacks since the start of July, and warned that repeated hits on Black Sea ports and maritime traffic are raising global food-security risks.
- Domestic legal and accountability moves progressed this week: a Kyiv court ordered organiser Vasyl Honcharuk held without bail over the July 24 polygon attack that left 11 dead, and prosecutors announced in‑absentia 12‑year sentences for six Rosgvardiya commanders over the 2022 assault on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
- A separate security incident in Berlin remains under investigation after police shot a suspect found in Spandau following a van attack on Christopher Street Day that killed one person and wounded several others.