Ukraine Intercepts 233 Drones as Russia Tests Air Defenses Across All Fronts

Ukraine's military shot down or suppressed 233 Russian drones across northern, southern, eastern, and central Ukraine in a single late-August engagement. The simultaneous strikes across all four regional commands suggest a shift toward multi-axis campaigns designed to strain air-defense coordination. The assault, which killed one person in Kyiv, coincided with a record 13 air raid alerts in the capital on August 27.