Russia suffers biggest UAV attack, accuses Ukraine of being behind it
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on August 30 that air defense forces had prevented a coordinated drone attack in six regions including Pskov, Bryansk, Oryol, Kaluga, Ryazan and Moscow, according to RT.
The attack at the airport in Pskov damaged at least four Il-76 military transport planes. Russian authorities have not yet announced any casualties.
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This is believed to be the largest UAV attack since Russia started fighting in Ukraine in February 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said these attacks would be punished.
Image believed to be from the attack in Pskov
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was looking into the origin of the UAVs to prevent further attacks. President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the incident.
Ukraine has not confirmed that it was behind the attack.
Kyiv hit hardest since spring
Shortly after the attack in Russia, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv also suffered what was described as the heaviest attack since spring.
The Ukrainian military said its air defenses shot down all 28 Russian missiles and 15 of the 16 drones fired, according to The Guardian . At least two people were killed and two injured in the attack in Kyiv. Several others were injured in Kyiv province.
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Russia sank Ukrainian speedboat in the Black Sea?
Russia's Defense Ministry said fighter jets shot down four speedboats carrying 50 Ukrainian soldiers in the Black Sea around midnight. Russia also said it destroyed another Ukrainian speedboat east of Snake Island in the Black Sea.
At dawn on August 30, the Russian-appointed governor of Crimea, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said that defense forces had intercepted an unmanned boat near Sevastopol Bay, where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based.
Ukraine did not comment on this information.
On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry also announced that it had carried out a strike with long-range precision weapons, launched from aircraft and warships, targeting the Ukrainian military and intelligence command center during the night. Russia did not specify the area of attack but said that the purpose of the mission was completed when all targets were destroyed.
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Ukraine opens the way to Crimea
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on August 30 that taking control of the village of Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia province) this week was a strategic victory, opening the way for forces to penetrate deeper into Russian positions in the south in the direction of Crimea.
"After expanding the range to the slopes of Robotyne, we are opening the way to Tokmak and eventually Melitopol and the administrative border with Crimea," Kuleba said during a visit to Paris (France).
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Meanwhile, TASS news agency quoted Mr. Yevgeny Balitsky, an official appointed by Russia to be in charge of Zaporizhzhia province, denying information that Ukraine had penetrated Russia's first line of defense and captured the village of Robotyne.
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Mr Balitsky said Russian forces were still holding out south of the village and warned that areas outside the site would become a “mass grave for the Ukrainian armed forces”. He said the situation in Robotyne remained tense and the Ukrainian side had lost around 200 soldiers overnight.
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