SSU detains Russian agents preparing new missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Odesa
The Security Service of Ukraine detained Russian agents who were preparing new missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Odesa.
01 September 2025
The Security Service of Ukraine detained Russian agents who were preparing new missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Odesa.
Units of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) attacked Russian forces with drones at an airbase in Hvardiiske near Simferopol, destroying two Mi-8 helicopters, and also targeted a tug in the Sevastopol Bay.
Over the past day, 11 settlements in Kharkiv region came under Russian attack leaving one person dead and three others injured.
Russian forces carried out more than 150 strikes on 49 settlements in Sumy region in the past 24 hours, leaving civilians injured.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 76 out of 86 drones launched by Russia in an attack on Ukraine late on August 31.
On Sunday, August 31, there were 190 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders along the frontlines.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched attacks on more than 30 settlements across the Kherson region, resulting in one death and injuries to 13 civilians.
Over the past day, Russian forces carried out 591 strikes across 20 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. A 66-year-old woman was injured during an attack on the Polohy district.
Operators from the aerial reconnaissance unit of the “Striks” strike UAV company, part of the 4th Border Guard Detachment, destroyed three combat positions and three communication antennas belonging to Russian forces in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector.
As part of ongoing discussions around post-war security guarantees, European countries are preparing “pretty precise plans” for the possible deployment of troops in Ukraine, supported by the United States.
31 August 2025
Ukraine expects to raise at least $1 billion every month under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, which enables Kyiv to directly purchase weapons from the United States.
Ukraine expects the G20 countries to take a strong and united position regarding Russia's attempts to drag out the war.
Throughout the day, six people were injured in Russian attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region, including a child.
Russian shelling across the Kherson region throughout the day left one civilian dead and twelve others injured.
Ukrainian air defense units are actively targeting Russian drones spotted over the Kyiv region.
In Crimea, Phantoms special forces unit of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) struck the Utyos-T radar system, the RT-70 radio telescope, the Glonass dome complex, the MR-10M1 Mys airborne radar, and 96L6-AP radar of the Russian S-400 missile system.
Two people were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kupiansk district in Kharkiv region.
In central Kherson, artillery shelling damaged an administrative building, a residential house, as well as medical and educational institutions. Utility workers are currently eliminating the consequences of the attack.
In Kherson's Dniprovskyi district, a woman was killed after Russian forces dropped an explosive device from a drone.
A civilian vessel struck an unidentified explosive device in the Black Sea near the coast of Odesa.
In Kherson's Tsentralnyi district, a 74-year-old man was killed on August 31 due to Russian artillery shelling of a park area.
In the Nizhyn district, Chernihiv region, a Russian drone attack damaged a critical infrastructure facility, leaving more than 30,000 households without electricity.
On the night of August 31, Russian forces launched drone attacks on four DTEK energy facilities in the Odesa region.
On the morning of Sunday, August 31, Russian forces shelled the town of Bilozerka in the Kherson region, injuring two civilians.
Russian forces launched drone attacks on nine settlements in the Kharkiv region over the past day.
During the night of August 31, Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 126 Russian drones in the skies over Ukraine. Another 16 enemy UAVs struck ten different locations.
On August 30, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 182 combat clashes with Russian forces along the frontline.
Russian forces launched a massive overnight drone attack at Odesa region, damaging energy infrastructure.
On August 30, Russian forces carried out 391 strikes on 16 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, killing one person and injuring 37 others.
Operators of the Phoenix UAV unit from the Pomsta Brigade of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service destroyed six trucks, a UAZ vehicle, and an armored car belonging to Russian forces, and eliminated around ten enemy troops on the Kramatorsk front.