Russian missile attack on Kyiv: over 20 incoming targets downed
Overnight Wednesday, the Russian invasion forces launched a massive, combined strike on Kyiv employing attack drones and missiles.
30 August 2023
Overnight Wednesday, the Russian invasion forces launched a massive, combined strike on Kyiv employing attack drones and missiles.
Two people were killed as a result of the Russian missile attack that targeted Kyiv overnight Wednesday.
The Russian side returned only 5-7% of Ukrainian requests for information regarding Ukrainian servicemen who had gone missing in action.
Missile debris crashed in two districts of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv amid the Russian strike overnight Wednesday.
Russia plans to produce 1,300 Shaheds by the end of 2023.
Despite high salaries and additional benefits, which are a strong incentive for those from the poorer areas of Russia to join up, Moscow is still unlikely to meet its targets for recruiting volunteers to the ranks.
Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev does not rule out the possibility of provocations and sabotage actions at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.
In the temporarily captured territory of Ukraine, the Russians try to increasingly strengthen measures to prevent the spread of manifestations of pro-Ukrainian sentiments among the population.
29 August 2023
President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked all American people, the Congress and U.S. President Joseph Biden for a new military assistance package worth $250 million for Ukraine.
Explosions were heard in temporarily occupied Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian invaders shelled the village of Olhivka in Kherson region, wounding a 75-year-old civilian.
The United States on Tuesday announced a new package of military assistance worth $250 million for Ukraine. It includes missiles for air defense systems, artillery ammunition, mine-clearing equipment and others.
Russian troops carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in Lyman and Bakhmut directions. In total, more than 30 combat engagements took place on the front during the day.
Natalia Humeniuk, the head of the joint press center of the Operational Command "South", confirmed that the Ukrainian flag was raised on the left bank of Kherson region.
Russian invaders shelled Semenivka town, Chernihiv region, with artillery. A hospital was damaged.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian invaders shelled Nikopol and Marhanets community with artillery.
In Kupyansk direction, the company of Achilles combat UAVs destroyed two Russian 2S19 self-propelled howitzers, a T-80 tank, and a tower with an electronic warfare system.
Defense forces advance in Bakhmut direction, and Russian troops cannot get out Bakhmut, where they are trapped.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have advanced in Tavria direction. Over 300 Russian invaders were neutralized in the specified section of the front over the past day.
Russia has a small reserve of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles – about 75 units – and they can produce no more than six of them per month.
Ukrainian warriors have raised the national flag near the Antonivka Bridge in the temporarily occupied left-bank Kherson region.
Using an FPV drone, Ukrainian defenders have smashed Russia’s 2S19 Msta-S howitzer in one of the hottest areas on the front.
121 people, including 54 children, are being forcibly evacuated from a number of settlements in two districts of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Rescuers have discovered the body of the fourth victim who had been killed in Russia’s recent missile attack on the Poltava region.
Border guards have confirmed that mines near the border with Belarus were detonated by lightning.
The Russian army shelled the village of Stanislav, Kherson region.
The condition of two girls who were hospitalized in the Chernihiv Children's Regional Hospital due to a car explosion on a mine is assessed by doctors as moderate.
The number of people injured following a Russian missile strike on Chernihiv city on August 19 has increased to 214, while 47 people are still in hospitals.
In Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, a security guard of an enterprise was killed and another man was injured in a Russian shelling.
Ukraine has returned the bodies of 84 fallen defenders from temporarily occupied territories.