# Nearly 2,000 drones fired at Ukraine in one week as Russia draws out attacks

https://mins.news/en/item/37454

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-30 10:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/nearly-2-000-drones-fired-at-ukraine-in-one-week-amid-drawn-out-russian-attacks/

> President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched nearly 2,000 attack drones, more than 1,600 glide bombs and 31 missiles, including North Korean ballistic missiles, against Ukraine in a week. Daytime drone attacks have kept Kyiv under near-constant alert, while Ukraine prepares for possible mass strikes on energy infrastructure during another wartime winter.

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