Kyiv is struggling to adapt to continuous attacks using faster drones that are harder to intercept.
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The sounds of explosions, air defense fire, and jet-powered drones filled the air in Kyiv on Aug. 27, as an hours-long aerial barrage once again targeted Ukraine's capital.
Russian jet-powered drones have struck warehouses and logistics facilities around Kyiv for two days running, part of a wider campaign that has destroyed 90% of Ukraine's modern commercial storage capacity.
Russia continued its near-constant drone attacks on Ukraine's capital for a third consecutive night on Aug. 29-30, with authorities repeatedly issuing air-raid alerts in Kyiv as fires were reported in the city.
Drones have been flying toward the capital for hours at a time, with explosions and the sound of air defense fire rocking the city throughout the morning and afternoon.
Russia has launched nearly 2,000 attack drones, more than 1,600 guided bombs and 31 missiles against Ukraine this week, while Kyiv faces repeated strikes and a shortage of critical air defense interceptors.
Russia has launched nearly 2,000 attack drones and nearly 1,600 guided bombs at Ukraine this week, hitting Kyiv's civilian supply chains and a Kyiv Oblast book warehouse, while Ukraine tested new interceptors and struck Russia's second-largest oil refinery overnight.
Kyiv endures daytime strikes and air raid alerts as forces attempt to hold back new, high-speed Shahed drones Kyiv is enduring hours of daytime air raids and air raid warnings as Russia has fired 800 jet-powered drones into Ukraine in four days, using the faster weapons to sustain prolonged waves of…
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Russia continued its attacks on Kyiv for another consecutive night as air defenses in Ukraine's capital shot down Russian drones late into Aug. 31, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
Over the course of the month of August, Russia launched more than 2,800 jet-propelled drones at Ukraine, a type of drone that is harder to shoot down. That has come with a massive uptick in the number of drones used, considerind those now found on the frontline are quite a new model: Ukrainian autho…
