What was reported from Ukraine's regions around 27 August 2023?
A look back at two incidents reported in the days before 27 August 2023, one in Belgorod Oblast and one in Zhytomyr.
What did the regional reports look like on 27 August 2023? The most recent ones, dated 25 and 26 August, described a shelling incident across the border and an aviation accident in Zhytomyr.
On 26 August 2023, the governor of Belgorod Oblast said that Ukrainian shelling, including the use of cluster munitions, had injured six civilians in Urazovo. The claim came from the governor, and the reports as published at the time attributed it to him.
A day earlier, on 25 August 2023, three Ukrainian Air Force pilots were killed when two L-39 trainer aircraft collided in midair in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Andrii Pilshchykov was among the dead.
The two reports concerned different places and different circumstances. One involved a border region of Russia, where a local governor reported civilian injuries. The other was a fatal collision of training aircraft in a Ukrainian region.
