Near-continuous air raid alerts across large swaths of Ukraine stretched into a third consecutive day on Aug. 29, as Russia launched continued waves of attacks targeting the country.

Over 100 of the Russian drones launched on 27 August were jet-powered, with air defence downing or suppressing around 120 of them.

Russia launched 164 strike drones to attack Ukraine overnight on 28 August. Ukrainian air defence downed 137 UAVs, while strikes were recorded at 16 locations.