The Pivden operational command previously reported that on August 27, a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group of ten people tried to conduct an assault operation in the Kherson region. These data suggest that Russia's offensive capabilities in southern Ukraine have further deteriorated, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say..

According to experts, a group of ten people is too small to effectively act as a maneuvering unit.. If OK "

Since the ISW is unable to independently determine the current size of the occupation assault echelons fighting in the southern operational zone, analysts take into account the reports of the Ukrainian departments, as well as the results of the campaign to weaken Russian logistics capabilities in the Kherson region. The published information gives grounds to conclude that the offensive potential of the Russian Federation has significantly weakened, and the morale of the Russian military is at a low level..

Over the previous day, in the southern operational zone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two ammunition depots, two strongholds and nine pieces of Russian military equipment..

Meanwhile, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on the Donetsk direction. Ukrainian defenders repelled the offensive of the occupiers in the Slavic, Bakhmut and Avdeevka directions.