On this photograph launched by Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov’s Telegram channel on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, firefighters extinguish a burning automobile within the courtyard of an house constructing after a missile assault by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the town of Belgorod and the Belgorod area of Russia.
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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones in a single day, together with two over Moscow and 9 over the encompassing area, the Protection Ministry stated Sunday.
Forty-six of the drones have been over the Kursk area, the place Ukraine has despatched its forces in latest weeks within the largest incursion on Russian soil since World Struggle II. An additional 34 have been shot over the Bryansk area, 28 over the Voronezh area, and 14 over the Belgorod area — all of which border Ukraine.
Drones have been additionally shot down deeper into Russia, together with one every within the Tver area, northwest of Moscow, and the Ivanovo area, northeast of the Russian capital. Russia’s Protection Ministry stated drones have been intercepted over 15 areas, whereas one different governor stated a drone was shot down over his area, too.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that falling particles from one of many two drones shot down over the town precipitated a hearth at an oil refinery.
Ukrainian drone strikes have introduced the struggle removed from the entrance line into the center of Russia. For the reason that starting of the yr, Ukraine has stepped up aerial assaults on Russian soil, concentrating on refineries and oil terminals to decelerate the Kremlin’s assault.
Additionally in Russia, regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov stated 9 individuals have been wounded in Ukrainian aerial missile assaults within the Russian border area of Belgorod on Sunday. These included eight within the regional capital, additionally known as Belgorod.
In the meantime, Russia’s Protection Ministry stated Sunday it had taken management of the cities of Pivnichne and Vyimka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk area. The Related Press couldn’t independently confirm the declare.
Russian forces have been driving deeper into the partly occupied jap area, the full seize of which is among the Kremlin’s major ambitions. Russia’s military is closing in on Pokrovsk, a important logistics hub for the Ukrainian protection within the space.
At the very least three individuals have been killed and 9 wounded on Sunday in Russian shelling within the city of Kurakhove, some 20 miles (33 kilometers) south of Pokrovsk, Donetsk regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin stated.
In Ukraine in a single day, eight drones have been shot down out of 11 launched by Russia, in response to the Ukrainian air power.
One individual was killed and 4 wounded in shelling in a single day within the Sumy area, native officers stated, whereas Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov stated 5 individuals have been wounded in his area. On Sunday, 41 extra have been wounded when Russia shelled the regional capital, additionally known as Kharkiv, Syniehubov stated.
Syniehubov stated a shopping mall, a sports activities facility and residential buildings have been amongst these broken in Sunday’s assault.