Russian forces launched approximately 1,900 attack drones, 1,600 guided aerial bombs, and 144 missiles of various types against Ukraine over the past week, targeting 16 different regions. President Volodymyr Zelensky provided the statistics in a statement on Sunday, Aug. 2, noting that the intensive bombardment resulted in damage to more than 1,500 objects, including hundreds of residential buildings.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Zelensky highlighted that a significant portion of the Russian enterprises producing components for these drones, missiles, and guided bombs remain unsanctioned. He stated that Moscow is currently prioritizing investment in ballistic missile production, and he called for expanded and strictly enforced international sanctions against the Russian defense industrial base to reduce the volume of future attacks. The weekly totals include a series of recent, widespread regional strikes. Over the weekend, Russian forces struck the northern city of Sumy with guided aerial bombs and conducted overnight drone attacks across the Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In the Kyiv region, a daytime drone attack on a logistics center in Brovary on Saturday killed one person and injured six others. Regional strikes target Kharkiv and Mykolaiv The attack continued into early Sunday morning, Aug. 2, with Russian drones targeting the Industrialnyi, Kyivskyi, and Saltivskyi districts of Kharkiv.
Russian Uses 1,900 Drones, 1,600 Bombs Against Ukraine in a Week
Russian forces launched roughly 1,900 drones, 1,600 aerial bombs, and 144 missiles at Ukraine in a single week, targeting 16 regions.









