Russian army kills one civilian, injures six more in Donetsk region
One civilian was killed and six others were wounded as Russian troops shelled the Donetsk region on Saturday, August 31.
01 September 2024
One civilian was killed and six others were wounded as Russian troops shelled the Donetsk region on Saturday, August 31.
In the Vovchansk sector, soldiers from the Hart Brigade of the State Border Guard Service destroyed an enemy anti-aircraft artillery system with ammunition using an FPV drone.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to September 1, 2024 amount to nearly 616,300 invaders, including another 1,350 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
Russian forces attacked the Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, with Grad MLRS, heavy artillery and kamikaze drones overnight Sunday.
Drones attacked the Kashira and Konakovo power plants in Russia overnight.
On the evening of August 31, Russia struck the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv with a Grom-E1 missile from a Su-34 from the territory of Russia’s Belgorod region.
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One person was killed and four others were injured in a Russian missile attack on one of the communities in the Sumy region on Saturday evening, August 31.
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The Pokrovsk direction faces the highest number of assaults. The situation is also difficult in the Kramatorsk, Toretsk, and Kupiansk directions.
The number of injured from the Russian attack on a high-rise building in Kharkiv on August 30 has increased to 99 people.
Throughout the day, the Russians shelled Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and drones damaging two gas stations, three private households and an outbuilding.
About 200 civilians remain in Sudzha, Kursk region as the Russians are destroying the city with glide bombs.
The Russian military shelled Kupiansk and the village of Kamiana Yaruha in Kharkiv region. A 36-year-old man died in an explosion in Kupiansk, and another local resident was injured. Two women from the shelled village of Kamiana Yaruha also sustained injuries.
Two people have died in Cherkaska Lozova, Kharkiv region, as a result of a Russian attack on a residential building.
Russian soldiers shelled the village of Cherkaska Lozova in Kharkiv region, leaving four people injured. An apartment building caught fire after the explosion.
Internationally acclaimed athlete Roman Holovatiuk was killed in the war against Russian invaders.
In the morning, Aug 31, the Russians targeted Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region killing five people.
In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, a firefighter station was damaged by the Russian shelling; the personnel were not injured.
In the zone of responsilblity of Operational Command South, Ukrainian defenders repelled one Russian assault in the Orichiv sector and two more – in the Prydniprovske sector.
In Kharkiv, where six people died as a result of Aug 30 Russian bombardment, a day of mourning has been declared on August 31.
On the night of Aug 30-31, the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 24 Russian Shahed-131/136 type drones, while 25 crashed on their own. Three drones flew to Russia and Belarus.
On August 30, the Russian forces shelled nine settlements across Kharkiv region.
Four houses were affected after a downed drone debris crashed in the neighborhood.
During the past day, the Russian invasion forces shelled 19 settlements in Kherson region.
In the early hours of Sunday, August 31, the Russians shelled the towns of Nikopol and Marhanets in Dnipropetrovsk region, causing damage, leaving at least one person injured.
A total of 183 combat engagements were reported on the Ukrainian battlefield in the past 24 hours, with the situation remaining most tense in the Pokrovsk axis and Russian invaders also being active in the Kupiansk, Lyman, and Kurakhove directions.
Air defense forces on Saturday, August 31, destroyed all Russian one-way attack drones that were targeting Kyiv.
The casualty toll from the latest Russian air strike on Kharkiv has reached 97, according to the latest update.