On the night of August 30, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a series of precision strikes against strategic targets in Russia. Among the targets hit were Russia’s second-largest oil refinery in the Leningrad Oblast, the Yeisk military airfield, and a UAV launch base in Millerovo.

On Sunday, August 30, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced that it had begun preparations for massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

Over the past week, Russian occupation forces have launched more than 3,600 airstrikes against Ukrainian territory. The strikes targeted civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, and communities near the front lines.

The Security Service of Ukraine has opened a criminal investigation into the Russian strike on warehouses in the village of Mila in the Bucha District of Kyiv Oblast and the subsequent detonation of ammunition.

Systematic and precise strikes by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on Russia’s oil refining network have led to a significant reduction in jet fuel production in Russia. In an effort to maintain a high intensity of air strikes and civilian transportation, the Kremlin has faced a shortage of domestic resources.

The first strike during the Russian attack on the village of Mila in the Bucha District on August 28 hit a Defense Forces ammunition storage facility that was not supposed to be there.

On the morning of Saturday, August 29, during a massive attack by Russian drones on Kyiv, a two-year-old girl was seriously injured and later died in the hospital. Debris was reported to have fallen and strikes were recorded in four districts of the capital, leaving five people injured.

In the Kyiv region, rescue workers are continuing to battle large-scale fires that broke out at logistics facilities as a result of Russian shelling on August 28. Sunday, August 30, has been declared a Day of Mourning in the region for those who died as a result of the enemy attacks.

On the morning of Saturday, August 29, a 14-year-old girl was killed in the Boryspil District of Kyiv Oblast as a result of an attack by Russian strike drones.

On the night of Friday, August 29, the Rostov Region of the Russian Federation came under a massive drone attack. Explosions were heard in Rostov-on-Don, Aksai, and Bataysk, as well as in the Bagaevsky and Neklinovsky districts of the region.