Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:11 The death toll from the enemy strike on a medical facility in Sumy has risen to ten, 22 people were injured, the OVA reported. All patients of the attacked hospital have been evacuated to other healthcare facilities.
17:08 Russians hit a car with an FPV drone in the village of Kazachya Lopan, Dergachiv community, Kharkiv region - a Supreme Court judge who was delivering humanitarian aid to local residents was killed, the prosecutor's office reported. Three people were also injured.
15:13 Russian Army Colonel Alexey Kolomeytsev has been liquidated in the city of Kolomna in the Moscow Region, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. Kolomeytsev headed the 924th State Center for Unmanned Aviation of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which trains specialists in the combat use of drones, including "shahids," as well as UAV maintenance personnel.
13:25 Russians fired at a store in Yasenovo, Pokrovsk community, Donetsk region - at least two people were killed and one was wounded, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
13:04 Search and rescue operations have been completed in Kryvyi Rih following the Russian attack on the police department on September 27. The death toll has risen to four - another body was found under the rubble, said OVA chief Serhiy Lysak.
11:19 The death toll from the morning Russian strike on a medical facility in Sumy has risen to seven, with 12 people injured, the OVA reported. The prosecutor's office clarified that at the time of the attack, there were 86 patients in the hospital, including 15 with limited mobility, and 38 employees of the facility.
10:26 In Poltava Oblast, during a night attack, drone debris damaged energy infrastructure, leaving 72 households and 22 legal entities without power, said OVA head Filipp Pronin. In Rivne Oblast, debris damaged an overhead power line, leaving 70 consumers without power, said OVA head Oleksandr Koval. In Zolotonosha district of Cherkasy Oblast, debris damaged a power line, power supply has already been restored, said OVA head Igor Taburets.
09:34 At least six people were killed as a result of a double strike on a medical facility in Sumy, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko reported. Thus, one person was killed as a result of the first shelling, and when rescuers and police arrived at the scene to evacuate patients, the enemy launched a second strike. Among the six killed, one policeman was killed, and another law enforcement officer was wounded.
09:25 At night, Russian troops struck the center of the city of Dobropillya in the Donetsk region - apartment buildings and private houses were damaged, seven people were injured, the regional prosecutor's office reported.
09:21 In the morning, the Russian army struck a healthcare facility in Sumy with drones, the OVA reported. According to preliminary information, there are casualties. The enemy attacked the residential sector of the city with a second strike, the consequences of the strike are being clarified.
09:17 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, 19 people were injured, including two children, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:12 In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling on September 27 - in Novoye. Another 14 people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:03 On Friday, September 27, Russians attacked the Kievsky district of Kharkov - 16 houses and an educational institution were damaged, one person was injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, the day before, as a result of enemy shelling, two people were injured in the village of Novoosinovo in the Kupyansky district, one each in the village of Kovsharovka and in the village of Kurilovka in the Kupyansky district.
08:59 At night, Russians launched a missile attack on the Belgorod-Dnistrovsky district of the Odessa region, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. The attack resulted in a fire at a recreation center, which was quickly extinguished. No one was hurt.
08:42 Air defense destroyed 69 out of 73 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, one drone flew off in the direction of Russia, three were lost on Ukrainian territory, the Air Force reported. Both Kh-59/69 guided air missiles were also shot down. In addition, Russia attacked with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles at night. Air defense operated in the Kiev, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Rivne, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
08:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 28:
- personnel - about 650,640 (+1,470) people,
- tanks - 8860 (+14),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,438 (+42),
- artillery systems - 18,733 (+55),
- MLRS - 1203 (+4),
- air defense systems - 961 (+0),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,093 (+62),
- cruise missiles - 2610 (+2),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 25,411 (+0),
- special equipment - 3291 (+99).
07:37 On the evening of September 27, Russians fired heavy artillery at Marganets in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, wounding two people, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak. He also reported that emergency rescue operations are continuing in Kryvyi Rih after yesterday's enemy strike on the administrative building, the fate of one person is still unknown.
06:29 At night, Russia attacked Kiev with attack drones - about 15 were destroyed on the approaches and in the territory of the capital, said the head of the Kyiv State Defense Army, Serhiy Popko. According to preliminary information, falling debris was recorded in the Obolonsky district, a non-residential building was damaged. There were no reports of casualties.
04:18 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said following a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that "something doesn't add up" in Beijing's rhetoric about peace in Ukraine. According to the Secretary of State, about 70% of machine tools and 90% of microelectronics imported by Russia come from China and Hong Kong. With their help, Moscow produces missiles, armored vehicles, and ammunition. "So when Beijing says that, on the one hand, it wants peace, wants to see an end to the conflict, but on the other hand, it allows its companies to take actions that actually help Putin continue his aggression, then something doesn't add up," Blinken noted.
01:50 China and Brazil issued a joint statement warning against the use of nuclear weapons. "We call for refraining from the use or threat of use of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear, chemical and biological weapons," says the joint statement, which was also signed by South Africa, Turkey, Indonesia, Algeria, Bolivia, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kenya, and Zambia. The signatories emphasize that "civilian infrastructure, including peaceful nuclear facilities and other energy facilities, should not be targets of military operations." However, Russia is not mentioned in the text.