⚡️Major highway section near Kyiv closed after Russian attack sparks warehouse fires

A major highway connecting Kyiv with western Ukraine has been temporarily closed on Aug. 28 after a Russian attack sparked fires and explosions at warehouse facilities in Kyiv Oblast, local authorities said.

Shells, stalled contracts, and no armor for wounded — Ukraine's new defense minister's problem list

"Weapons production in Ukraine has a mountain of problems: short contracts, scandals over ammunition and other complex equipment procurement, inefficient drone purchasing, leaky quality control and oversight of manufacturers' capabilities, export rules that don't work, funding shortages, and more," writes Bohdan Miroshnychenko, editor-in-chief of Oboronka, in his op-ed.

"All of this ultimately adds up to poor supply for troops at the front."

"Partly through his own mistakes, partly through resistance from the system, and partly simply for lack of time in office, dismissed minister Mykhailo Fedorov failed to resolve all the industry's long-standing problems — so that burden now passes to his successor, Yevhen Khmara."

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The civilian death toll from the Russian Geran-4 jet-drone strike on an ammunition depot in Kyiv Oblast, and it's subsequent secondary detonations, has risen to 27, with 42 others injured.

381 people, including 59 children, have been evacuated from the area. Around 50 residential buildings have been damaged to varying degrees. The death toll may rise further in the coming hours.

⚡🇨🇳 The PLAN's Northern Theater Command held a decommissioning ceremony for one of its Type 52 Destroyers (Harbin Ship) at a certain military port in Qingdao, China.

It was formed in 1991 and commissioned in 1994, and now finally being decommissed after 32 years.

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Russian strikes in Myla, Kyiv region, hit an ammunition depot that "should not have been there," triggering mass detonations, President Zelensky said.

He condemned "terrible negligence" and ordered a full investigation.

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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said a Russian strike on warehouse facilities in the Bucha district of Kyiv region caused a fire and explosions.

“Unfortunately, we can already say that the horrific tragedy in Vyshneve was not a lesson. In the fifth year of the full-scale invasion, repeating the same mistakes is criminal negligence,” Koretskyi said.

He called for an immediate investigation and “strict punishment” for everyone responsible, saying such incidents must not be allowed to happen again.