Over the past 24 hours, Russian attacks have killed three people and wounded more than 40 others
As a result of Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past 24 hours, at least three people were killed and more than 40 others were wounded. Russian troops struck civilian infrastructure and populated areas in various regions of the country.
On August 31, Russian troops launched a rocket-powered drone strike against a facility in Kryvyi Rih. The occupiers used a rocket-powered variant of the “Shahed” drone for the attack.
On August 31, Russia launched a massive airstrike against Ukraine, using an X-59 missile and 121 drones of various types. Air defense forces destroyed or neutralized 96 enemy targets, and the effects of the attack were observed in a number of regions.
From the morning of August 30 through the morning of August 31, Russian troops carried out 30 strikes on 16 settlements in the Sumy region. The shelling affected 11 local communities, and the attacks damaged residential buildings and an administrative building.
On August 31, Russian troops attacked a mine in the Dnipropetrovsk region. One employee of the enterprise was injured as a result of the strike.
On August 31, a “Nova Poshta” warehouse in Odesa was destroyed by a Russian strike. According to preliminary reports, a large-scale fire broke out at the facility, and thick black smoke rose from the site of the blaze.
On August 31, Russian troops destroyed another distribution center of the “Aurora” network in the Kyiv region. During the attack, the company’s employees were taking cover, so none of them were injured. This is not the first facility in the network to suffer damage from Russian shelling.
In the Kyiv region, a fire broke out at the “Jiffy” snail farm on the night of August 30 after debris from a Russian attack drone fell on the premises.
In Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District, a fire broke out in a non-residential building as a result of a Russian drone attack. Emergency services are on the scene, working to address the aftermath of the strike.
In Kyiv, rescue workers extinguished a large-scale fire that broke out in the Holosiivskyi district following a Russian attack on the morning of August 30. The fire engulfed a non-residential building covering an area of approximately 3,000 square meters; there were no casualties or injuries.