Moscow on Sunday mentioned its army forces shot down two drones in a single day on Sunday in two areas bordering Ukraine. The news got here after Ukraine mentioned it has repelled an air assault on Kyiv. Follow our stay weblog for the newest updates on the struggle in Ukraine. All occasions are Paris time (GMT+2).
8:02am: Ukraine downs 4 cruise missiles throughout in a single day Russian air strike, Kyiv says
The Ukrainian army destroyed 4 cruise missiles throughout an in a single day Russian air strike, Kyiv’s air power reported early on Sunday.
It mentioned Ukrainian forces had detected as much as eight airborne targets however didn’t specify the place the opposite missiles had struck.
7:19am: Russian ships return from joint Pacific patrolling with Chinese Navy
A detachment of Russia’s navy warships returned from greater than three weeks of joint-patrolling of the Pacific Ocean with Chinese navy ships, the Russian Interfax news company reported on Sunday.
Warships of Russia’s Pacific Fleet, along with a detachment of Chinese navy ships travelled greater than 7,000 nautical miles by means of the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Interfax reported citing the Fleet’s press service.
During the patrol, the Russian-Chinese detachment handed alongside the Kuril ridge, the company reported.
The islands, off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, are recognized in Russia because the Kurils and in Japan because the Northern Territories and have been on the core of a long time of rigidity between the neighbours.
6:27am: Russia shoots down two drones over Kursk, Bryansk areas
Russia’s defence ministry mentioned its forces shot down two drones in a single day on Sunday in two areas bordering Ukraine.
One drone was shot down over the Bryansk area in Russia’s west and one other within the Kursk area, simply south of it, the defence ministry mentioned on the Telegram messaging channel.
There was no additional details about potential injury or casualties.
4:18am: Ukraine repels air assault on Kyiv
Ukraine’s air defence techniques have been repelling a Russian air assault on Kyiv’s outskirts early on Sunday, Kyiv’s army administration mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
A witness reported the sound of blasts. All of Ukraine was underneath air raid alerts at 5 am.
Key developments from Friday, August 26:
The Russian defence ministry mentioned Saturday that it downed three drones over its territory.
In Ukraine, three pilots died after two L-39 coach plane collided in mid-air within the Zhytomyr area, the Ukrainian air power mentioned in a press release on Saturday.
Meanwhile a second ship left Ukraine’s port metropolis of Odesa since Moscow’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal for Bulgaria on Saturday, in keeping with native news experiences.
Read yesterday’s liveblog to see how the day’s occasions unfolded.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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