Russia's top commander says Russian forces are currently about 4 km from the eastern edge of Sloviansk, Ukraine.

Interfax reports Ukrainian drones struck the spent fuel storage area at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant; no major damage reported so far.

Typhoon Shadell (the 18th storm this year) was centered about 320 km east of Wenzhou at 17:00 on Aug 27 with maximum winds near the center of force 14 (strong typhoon). It is moving west-southwest at 10–15 km/h with little change in intensity and is forecast to approach the Zhejiang coast and make landfall between Cangnan and Jiaojiang from early morning to afternoon on Aug 28. Landfall coincides with astronomical high tide and is expected to bring severe wind, rain, waves and storm surge. Zhejiang Meteorological Bureau has issued an emergency typhoon warning. Under the provincial contingency plan, Zhejiang’s flood and typhoon emergency command raised the response to Level I at 20:00 on Aug 27.