Daily Briefing

Key Takeaways

• Russian strike on Myla village, Bucha District (Aug 28) killed at least 37 people — confirmed by 33 sources — after hitting an improperly stored ammunition depot near residential buildings; Zelensky has ordered a criminal investigation and called the storage 'absolutely unacceptable.'
• Russia launched 267 drones plus Oniks and Iskander-M missiles overnight Aug 28–29 (233 intercepted), followed by 224 more drones on Aug 29 (199 intercepted), sustaining a third consecutive day of reactive drone attacks on Kyiv with 11+ air raid alerts in 24 hours.
• Ukrainian deep-strike campaign escalated overnight Aug 30: drones struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast (one of Russia's largest) and the Yeysk military airbase in Krasnodar Krai, compounding a broader fuel crisis that has cut Russian gasoline output to ~70% of domestic demand.
• Zelensky confirmed Ukraine was briefed on CIA Director Ratcliffe's multi-day Moscow meetings and set a target of 1,000 Ukrainian drone strikes per day against Russia (currently averaging 300+), framing the campaign as 'long-range sanctions.'
• Germany is preparing to formally blame Russia for the Leipzig airport drone incident and announce 'large-scale' sanctions, coinciding with an EU foreign ministers' meeting and a new EU sanctions package targeting up to 1,600 entities.