Russia says drone attacks hit 6 regions – DW – 08/30/2023

Two people were killed and one injured in Kyiv following a Russian missile strike that led to falling debris and fires in several buildings, the local military administration said on Wednesday. 

“As a result of debris falling in Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv…2 people died, according to initial reports,” Sergiy Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko also confirmed the casualties in a Telegram post. 

Klitschko said the bodies were found in a nonresidential building while several other buildings were on fire. 

Meanwhile, the military administration said that air defenses over Kyiv destroyed more than 20 drones and missiles, making it the “most powerful strike” on the city since spring.

Russia said on Wednesday it destroyed four Ukrainian military boats carrying up to 50 soldiers in the Black Sea. 

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, an aircraft destroyed four high-speed military boats carrying about 50 members of the Ukrainian special operations forces. The incident occurred around midnight (2100 GMT).

Following the collapse of the UN-brokered navigation deal for grain ships, there has been increased military activity in the Black Sea region from both the Russian and the Ukrainian sides.

Meanwhile, Russian defenses also intercepted a drone strike near Sevastopol Bay in Crimea, a base for Russia’s Black Sea fleet, officials said. 

This comes as Ukraine has recently increased its targeting of Russian ships in its waters and in the Crimean Peninsula.