# Ukraine says it downed more than 200 drones as rare days-long air raid alerts stretch into third morning

https://mins.news/en/item/36483

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-29 07:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-says-it-downed-more-than-200-drones-as-rare-days-long-air-raid-alerts-stretch-into-third-morning/

> Ukraine’s military said air defenses shot down or suppressed 233 Russian drones overnight on Aug. 29 across the country’s northern, southern, eastern and central regions. Air raid alerts across Kyiv and wide areas of Ukraine continued into a third day, while falling drone debris caused fires at a warehouse and an apartment building in Kyiv; no casualties were reported.

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