# Russia Launches 121‑Drone Barrage on Ukraine as Strikes Hit Medical Site, Housing and Warehouses

*Monday, August 31, 2026 at 6:18 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-08-31T06:18:08.689Z (4h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries

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**Deck**: Ukraine’s Air Force says Russia sent 121 drones and a Kh‑59 missile overnight, with 96 drones downed or suppressed, while strikes still set a warehouse ablaze near Boryspil and damaged a medical facility in Kherson, a fire‑rescue unit in Zaporizhzhia, housing in Sloviansk, and sites in Mykolaiv region.

Russia’s latest overnight attack on Ukraine combined massed drones with a guided missile and left damage across several regions despite significant air defences. According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russian forces launched 121 drones and a Kh‑59 guided missile into Ukraine overnight into 31 August, with most of the drones described as jet‑powered Shahed types.

The Air Force reports that 96 of the 121 drones were either shot down or electronically suppressed, and that the Kh‑59 missile did not reach its target. Even so, Ukrainian authorities recorded strikes at 11 locations, along with falling debris from downed drones at eight additional sites.

In Kyiv region, a logistics warehouse near the city of Boryspil was hit again. Reporting describes a Russian Geran‑4 jet‑drone strike on the facility, which caught fire after the impact. The same warehouse complex was previously targeted on 27 August, suggesting that Russia is repeatedly attacking this site.

In the capital, Kyiv, air‑raid alerts were declared because of the threat from unmanned aerial vehicles. Regional messaging also warned that Kyiv and a number of other regions faced a drone threat during the night.

Further south, Ukraine’s military administration in Kherson says Russian forces used a drone to strike a healthcare facility in the central part of the city on the morning of 31 August, injuring two employees. In Zaporizhzhia region, the State Emergency Service reports that a fire‑rescue unit in an unnamed settlement was attacked by a drone overnight. The strike damaged the unit’s building, including its roof, windows and doors, and also affected a fire engine and a car; there were no casualties.

In Donetsk region, authorities in Sloviansk report that a Russian airstrike destroyed the entrance section of a five‑storey residential building and damaged a private house, leaving four people injured. In Mykolaiv region, the regional administration says a Russian attack damaged a warehouse, seven trucks and two cars and wounded one man. In the Kutsurub community, strikes by FPV drones — small remotely piloted aircraft typically flown by an operator watching through a camera — damaged two private houses.

Nationally, Ukraine’s Air Force summarised the scale of the overnight assault by stating that 96 out of 121 hostile drones were shot down or suppressed and confirming that the Kh‑59 missile failed to hit its intended site. The same overview noted strikes on 11 locations and debris from downed drones falling on eight others.

How partners respond to this tempo of attacks will shape what comes next. Any move to increase deliveries of air‑defence systems and munitions to Ukraine, changes in Russia’s choice of drone types, or evidence of repeated strikes on the same logistics hubs will show whether this pattern of large‑scale overnight raids is intensifying or beginning to shift.