Victory Chronicles-DAY 922

The Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully used their long-range drone missile, known as the “Palianytsia,” against a military target in the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula in August. 

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced this milestone on Independence Day. While the specific target was not disclosed, it was stated that the operation was complex and the Palyanytsia missile successfully hit its intended objective. The use of the drone marks a significant development in Ukraine’s military capabilities. In a video project by Ukrainian media outlet “Oboroncast,” journalist Roman Romaniuk highlighted this achievement, along with other instances of successful strikes by Ukrainian weapons, including attacks on Russian oil depots by drones and the destruction of a ferry in the port of Kavkaz using Neptune missiles.

In August, Russian strikes resulted in the injury of 57 Ukrainian children and the deaths of two others. The State Institution “Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine” shared this information on Facebook. Overall, a total of 1,609 people, including 58 children, were affected by these attacks, with a total of 58 deaths. The statement released by the center expressed sorrow for the loss of innocent lives, stating that their deaths serve as a painful reminder of the immeasurable tragedy caused by war. The center also praised the efforts of emergency medical teams, who continue to risk their own lives to save others amidst the ongoing conflict. Previously, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported that over 1,528 children have been injured in the Russian-Ukrainian war in Ukraine.

Occupants attacked Kherson suburbs at night: a residential building caught fire due to an enemy shell hit. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire in a small area. In total, fire and rescue units of the Kherson region together with local fire brigades extinguished 21 fires, 4 of which were caused by Russian shelling.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has released a video of border guards working in the Donetsk region. “Three cannons, a tank, a truck and an ammunition depot were destroyed by border guards of the ‘Revenge’ unit in the Bakhmut direction,” the State Border Guard Service said in a statement.

Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted the largest series of drone strikes against targets within Russia on the night of August 31 to September 1. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian air defenses destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones over 16 oblasts: 46 drones over Kursk Oblast, 34 over Bryansk Oblast, 28 over Voronezh Oblast, 14 over Belgorod Oblast, nine over Moscow City and Oblast, eight over Ryazan Oblast, five over Kaluga Oblast, four over Lipetsk Oblast, three over Tula Oblast, two over Tambov and Smolensk oblasts each, and a drone each over Oryol, Tver, and Ivanovo oblasts.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed that Russian forces shot down two Ukrainian drones near the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya and that drone debris damaged a technical room at the facility and caused a fire. Russian sources posted footage of the Ukrainian drone striking the Moscow Oil Refinery and a small fire in the area, although some characterized the fire as a normal gas flare at the facility.

Kashira Raion Head Mikhail Shuvalov stated that Ukrainian forces targeted the Kashira State District Power Plant in Kashira Raion, Moscow Oblast with three drones, and Russian sources amplified footage of Russian air defense activating and explosions near the plant. The Tver Oblast press service stated that a Ukrainian drone caused a fire in Konakovo Raion, and Russian sources amplified footage of the drone striking the Konakovo State District Power Plant, a subsequent large fire at the plant, and damage within the plant.

Russian opposition outlet Astra reported that there was also a fire at the Konakovo gas distribution network along the “KGMO-Konakovo” main gas pipeline following Ukrainian drone strikes in Tver Oblast. Kaluga Oblast Governor Vladislav Shapsha claimed that a Ukrainian drone damaged a cell tower in Tarusa Raion, Kaluga Oblast.

Russian opposition outlet Vazhnye Istorii noted that data available from NASA FIRMS shows heat anomalies at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK) in Lipetsk Oblast, a military facility for a unit of the 106th Airborne (VDV) Division in Tula Oblast, two cement plants in Voskresensk and Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, and the Ferzikovo cement plant in Kaluga Oblast on the night of August 31 to September 1.

Only the FIRMS data from the site in Tula Oblast appears to be anomalous, as the other facilities routinely give off heat signatures due to normal industrial activities.

Fighter Andrii Vaskiv died on May 9, 2024, near the village of Makarivka, Donetsk Oblast, during the evacuation of his fighters. He was 47 years old.

Andrii was a resident of Lviv. He studied at the Ivan Franko Lyceum #51 and then entered the Lviv Railway Transport College. He served in the ranks of the communications troops and later continued his career as a railroader. In his leisure time, he was fond of fishing and football.

With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he defended Ukraine. He performed combat missions first in the Kyiv region, and later in the Donetsk Oblast as part of the 53rd separate infantry battalion.

“He was cheerful, decent and extremely responsible. He did his job conscientiously. He also took great responsibility during the war, as he constantly risked his own life to save his wounded comrades, whom he evacuated from the battlefield,” said his colleagues at Ukrzaliznytsia. The fighter was buried at Lychakiv Cemetery in his hometown. Andrii is survived by his wife and son.

*Andrii’s story on the Heroes Memorial – a platform for stories about the fallen defenders of Ukraine.

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