Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1649: Russia keeps Kyiv under fire for a fourth day as Ukraine tests new interceptors and strikes back at Russian oil
Sun Aug 30 4:16 pm
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.
Ukraine is testing four new drone interceptors as Russia floods its skies with faster Gerans
Sun Aug 30 3:49 pm
Kyiv is racing to scale new defenses after Russia used more than 2,500 jet-powered drones in August alone.
Russia has burned millions of Ukrainian books, striking at the infrastructure of Ukrainian culture
Sun Aug 30 12:28 pm
More than 60,000 books were destroyed in a single warehouse strike near Kyiv this week, adding to losses that publishers say are becoming impossible to absorb.
Ukraine strikes Russia’s second-largest oil refinery again in major overnight attack, also hitting airfield and drone launch site
Sun Aug 30 9:12 am
The refinery has been targeted repeatedly during the full-scale war as Ukraine strikes infrastructure supporting Russia’s military and economy.
Four days of Russian attacks keep Kyiv under near-constant fire. Ukraine is struggling to defend its skies
Sun Aug 30 8:05 am
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.
Ukrainian ground-robot maker has moved into air: Ratel’s first strike drone flies 30 kilometers on Starlink link
Sun Aug 30 1:14 am
The Ratel K1 carries two kilograms, the maker says.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1648: Russia hunts Ukraine’s grain trains
Sun Aug 30 12:31 am
Meanwhile, Ukraine's aviation commander says a new generation of domestically built aircraft is nearly ready for service.
“We have surprises for our neighbors”: Ukraine’s aviation commander says new aircraft developments are essentially finished and already in testing
Sat Aug 29 3:37 pm
Ukraine has already rebuilt what it flies. Its crews turned the 1970s-era Su-24 bomber into a launcher for SCALP cruise missiles.
Russia launches third attack on Ukraine’s largest Danube port this month, during peak of wheat harvest
Sat Aug 29 3:22 pm
ive trucks loaded with grain were destroyed and three more damaged in the Izmail district.
After CIA head’s visit to Moscow, Poland’s PM warns Russia is preparing to escalate war. He puts critical window at seven or eight months
Sat Aug 29 10:50 am
Poland's prime minister says there are signals of serious Russian preparation.
