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UAV event in Dnipro area, Ukraine on Sat 8th August 2026

8th August 2026

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Drone attack: Explosions heard in Kyiv and Dnipro.

During the air raid alert in the capital and in Dnipro, explosions were heard.

Ukrinform correspondents reported this.

Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force warned of the threat of attack drones targeting Kyiv.

“Drones heading toward Kyiv from the north. Drones heading toward Dnipro from the south,” the military reported.

An air raid alert was declared in the capital and several regions.

As reported by Ukrinform, Air Defense Forces have shot down 114 out of 147 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of August 6.

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