Overnight attack on Ukraine: Air defense shots down most Russian drones, but some hits reported
Photo: Air defense repelled most of the Russian drones (Getty Images)
On the night of August 29, Russia launched nearly 70 drones of various types against Ukraine. Air defense forces destroyed or suppressed most of the enemy targets, the Ukrainian Air Force reports.
According to the Ukrainian military, during the night of August 29, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 68 Shahed drones and decoy UAVs of various types. The main launch areas for these attacks were:
- Kursk;
- Millerovo;
- Bryansk;
- Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
Ukrainian aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and drone units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces repelled the air assault.
As of 8:00 a.m. Kyiv time, preliminary data indicate that 46 enemy drones of various types were shot down or suppressed in northern and eastern Ukraine.
However, 22 drones hit nine different locations. In particular, Russian drones struck in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Russia’s strike on Kyiv
The previous night, on August 28, Russian forces carried out one of the most massive combined attacks on Kyiv. The Russians targeted the capital with Shahed drones, as well as cruise and ballistic missiles.
The overnight strike caused destruction across all districts of Kyiv - the first time this has happened since the start of the full-scale war.
In particular, in the Darnytskyi district, a missile hit a five-story residential building, completely destroying one section of it.
For more details about the massive strike on the capital, check out our news article on the topic.
