Zaporizhzhia has been off the grid for over a week and has about ten days of diesel left; the IAEA says a station blackout is possible in roughly that time. Ukrainian drones reached Russia's second-largest refinery, 790 kilometres inside the border, and half a million drivers' reports now measure what the campaign has done to Russian petrol supply. Russians of call-up age are leaving for Georgia before any decree exists.
Latest DevelopmentsNew Europe's largest nuclear plant is running on generators. Zaporizhzhia lost its last off-site line on 20 August and has about ten days of diesel — the regulatory minimum — to cool six reactors and their spent-fuel pools; Rafael Grossi says that without restored power or new deliveries it could face a station blackout in roughly that time. Three drones struck the site in a week. The agency is negotiating a seventh local ceasefire to repair the line.
The deep war widened. Ukrainian drones hit the Kirishi refinery, 790 kilometres from the border and six percent of Russian refining capacity, while an analysis of 478,685 drivers' reports, cross-checked against three banks' card data, put petrol availability in mid-August below the worst of July: in Moscow, down from 75 percent of filling stations to 30. Refining is at a twenty-year low and the diesel export ban has been extended. Russians of call-up age are leaving before any mobilisation is announced: about 113,000 crossed into Georgia in a week, on Russia's own customs figures. At the front almost nothing moved, and Russia's chief of the general staff claimed gains the Institute for the Study of War measures at a fraction of the size.
As of Aug 31, 2026
Read More → Inside this Story The Ukraine-Russia War Territorial control map, supply deficit, and the full dispatch timeline. Territorial Control & Troop Movements The frontline map, and what is geolocation-confirmed versus merely claimed. Weapons Procurement & Supply Lines Platform-by-platform supply status and burn rates. NATO & Ukraine Relations Membership path, bilateral guarantees, and the war reaching alliance territory. Evolving Battlefield Tactics How the fighting actually works — drones, EW, assault doctrine, and their counters. The Strike Campaigns Long-range strikes in both directions — deep strikes into Russia, the missile-and-drone war on Ukraine, and their measured effects. Peace Negotiations Who is talking, on what terms, with what leverage — and the gap between what each capital says and does. The Home Fronts Both war economies, both polities, both publics — each side’s capacity and will to continue, compared.