Ukraine Downs 233 Drones as Russia Pressures Air Defenses on All Fronts

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