Ukraine’s air defenses down 510 Russian drones, 38 missiles overnight
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Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:42:00 +0300

Ukrainian Air Force reports.The aggressor has launched at Ukraine: 537 Shahed-type strike UAVs and various types of imitator drones from Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia;8 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Rostov region and Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. 37 air-, ground-, and sea-launched cruise/air-launched missiles: Kh-101, Kalibr, Iskander-K, Kh-59 (launch areas from Saratov region of the Russian Federation, the Black Sea and the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region).The aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the air attack.According to preliminary data, as of 9:00 a.m., air defense shot down/suppressed 548 air targets:510 Russian Shahed-type UAVs and various types of imitator drones;6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;32 cruise/air missiles Kh-101, Kalibr, Iskander-K, Kh-59."Five missiles and 24 attack UAVs hit 7 locations, and the downed ones fell (wreckage) at 21 locations," the Air Force said.As of 9:02 a.m., the Russian attack continued. Several more UAVs were spotted in Ukrainian airspace.On August 29–30, Russia struck Ukraine with drones and missiles: one killed, over 20 injured in Zaporizhzhia, damage also in Dnipropetrovsk region.
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