DniproOsint analysis indicates that Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russia's Ryazan oil refinery, with the ELOU-AVT-6 and AVT-1 primary oil processing units burning after the attack.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Leipzig Airport came "within a hair's breadth of catastrophe" when an explosive-laden drone failed to detonate during its final approach. He also rejected suggestions that Germany should stop supporting Ukraine to reduce such threats, calling the idea "naive."
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed overnight strikes on the Ryazan oil refinery, Rostov-on-Don airfield, a Podlet radar and two Pantsir-S1 air defense systems. Fires were recorded at the refinery and near the airfield. The extent of damage to the Russian targets is still being assessed.
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Russia is reportedly developing cheap jet-powered missiles for more frequent strikes on Ukraine, according to Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's defense minister. The concept would combine speeds closer to conventional cruise missiles with lower costs, smaller warheads and larger production volumes. Ukraine is also developing jet-powered interceptor drones expected to engage targets trave...
❗️Monitoring channels report that Russia is preparing another large-scale missile strike. One Tu-95MS was redeployed from the Far East to Engels to be armed with cruise missiles and is expected to move to Olenya later today. It is the second aircraft to make such a flight this week. Five more Tu-95MS bombers are reportedly armed in the Far East.
Drones attacked the Lady Maria in the Mediterranean, reportedly striking the vessel 12 times. Alexander Nevzorov claimed the ship was carrying Iranian weapons for Russia and that the drones used in the attack may have been launched from Libya. He suggested the objective was to disrupt the ammunition shipment rather than sink the vessel.\
Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 88 Russian aerial targets overnight: 82 Shahed, Gerbera and other drones, plus six S8000 Banderol systems. Russia launched 108 drones in total. Strikes were recorded at 11 locations and debris fell at seven.
❗️Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Ryazan oil refinery, setting the facility ablaze. The Rosneft-controlled plant has a design processing capacity of about 17 million tons of crude per year, or roughly 340,000 barrels per day. It produces gasoline, diesel and aviation kerosene, supplies fuel to civilian consumers and the Russian military, and is a key motor-fuel supplier for regions around Moscow.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus called Ukraine "the defining military laboratory of the 21st century." He said future historians will study the war as previous generations studied the US Civil War and the World Wars because it has revealed that warfare has entered a fundamentally new era.
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Satellite imagery confirms damage from Ukrainian FP-1 drone strikes on Millerovo airfield on August 30. Two Russian radars, an ammunition depot and a maintenance hangar were destroyed. The airfield is used by Russia to store, service and launch strike UAVs.
Russia struck residential areas in Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv region while talks continued in the Kremlin. In Chuhuiv, a Russian drone hit a private house, killing three people, including an 11-year-old boy, a 19-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man. A 40-year-old woman was injured.
Brigadier General Sviatoslav Zaits has formally taken over as commander of Ukraine's Ground Forces following his appointment by presidential decree. Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi said Zaits was chosen for his command experience, ability to deliver results and adoption of new technologies. His priorities include realistic training, merit-based leadership, rapid integration of battlefield les...