The number of people injured in the overnight massive drone and missile attack on Zaporizhzhia has risen to 34, as more victims continue to seek medical assistance.
The Russian army launched a large-scale attack on Zaporizhzhia using drones and missiles on the night of August 30. The number of injured continues to grow, with 30 people now reported to have sought medical assistance.
On the Zaporizhzhia front, snipers from the 144th Center of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled an enemy assault and cleared trenches of Russian troops who had entered Ukrainian defensive positions.
Partisans struck at the logistics of Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia region, destroying a relay cabinet on a section of railway near Melitopol. This disrupted the supply of enemy military cargo.
In the Zaporizhzhia sector, fighters from the 27th Pechersk Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard used strike drones to hit and destroy a Russian S-300V surface-to-air missile system.
Russian forces are actively moving columns of military equipment, ammunition, and personnel in the Zaporizhzhia direction, according to Petro Andriushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation.
In Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, Russian shelling sparked fires that scorched 11 hectares of land and spread to summer houses, killing one person.