Air Force: Attack drones flying over Mykolaiv Oblast, moving northwest.
Ukraine's Air Force said[1] late on Aug.
5 that "several groups" of attack drones were flying over Mykolaiv Oblast and moving in the northwestern direction. According[2] to Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitaly Kim, there are nine such drones flying over the region. Earlier, the Air Force reported that Russian forces launched groups of Iranian-made Shahed drones.
There are no reports yet of casualties or damage. The Air Force's report comes as Russia is attacking regions far from the battlefield and killing and wounding civilians in Kharkiv Oblast. One of the sites attacked was aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich's facility in the city of Zaporizhzhia, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Despite the attacks, Zelensky emphasized that these Russian attacks won't affect the Ukrainian morale, vowing that "(the attacks) won't give anything to the enemy anyway."
Asami Terajima
Reporter
Asami Terajima is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a business reporter for the Kyiv Post focusing on international trade, infrastructure, investment and energy. Originally from Japan, Terajima moved to Ukraine during childhood and completed her bachelor's degree in Business Administration at William Woods University in Missouri, U.S.A.
She is the winner of the 2023 George Weidenfeld Prize, awarded for "excellent investigative and courageous research activities" as part of Germany's prestigious Axel Springer Prize.