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Russia's intensified drone campaign targets civilians, medics, and journalists across Ukraine, with Kherson's power grid crippled and a Kyiv TV station struck. Zelensky urges allied air defense as attacks violate a short-lived pause.
Russian forces launched a wave of drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities in late August and early September 2026, killing at least 15 civilians. Kherson bore the brunt with daily attacks on medical facilities, supermarkets, and a car, while a TV channel in Kyiv was hit live. The strikes broke a three-day halt on capital attacks.
Russian drone strikes on Kherson on 31 August killed two civilians, injured an 11-year-old boy at a supermarket, and hit a medical facility. In Sloviansk, a FAB-500 bomb damaged a residential building. Kherson Oblast head Oleksandr Prokudin urged residents to evacuate, citing Russian proximity and infrastructure threats.
Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities between 26-31 August killed at least five civilians and injured dozens, with medical facilities in Kherson deliberately struck. Ukraine's air force downed 233 of 258 weapons launched in one night, but rail services faced major disruptions.
Russian forces struck an industrial area in Sumy with two missiles on 28 August, injuring seven. A drone hit a closed shopping centre in Kharkiv, causing a fire but no casualties. The attacks follow a massive overnight barrage and continue a pattern of strikes on civilian infrastructure.
A Russian guided bomb killed a civilian lorry driver and injured seven in Sumy on 28 August, as drone strikes across Ukraine continued to claim lives. The attacks follow a night of massive Russian aerial assault that Ukraine's Air Force said it downed 233 of 258 drones and missiles. At least three civilians were killed and several more wounded in separate attacks on 27 August.
Russia fired 258 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing three civilians in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian air defences downed 233 assets, but debris fell in Kyiv and a drone struck a Kharkiv apartment.
Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight 26-27 August injured at least eight civilians. In Kharkiv, a drone hit a residential balcony; in Kherson, a 10-year-old boy was among four wounded; and in Zaporizhzhia, three were injured. Drone debris also fell near a school in Kyiv.