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[**France24**](https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240827-a-retaliation-for-kursk-incursion-russia-pounds-ukraine-for-second-day-in-row)

`<strong>Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks targeting scores of Ukrainian regions and killing at least four people, Ukraine's military said early on Tuesday, a day after Moscow's biggest air attack of the war on its neighbour. “</strong>`***There are several reasons for this attack,” explains FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Philip Turle. “The first one is the incursion into the Kursk region.”***

[SABA](https://www.saba.ye/en/news3363487.htm)

> MOSCOW August 27. 2024 (Saba)– **Sergei Lebedev, the Russian coordinator for covert operations in the Nikolaev region, has reported that Russian forces conducted a bombing raid on a headquarters for foreign military trainers in Ukraine.**

> **The strike reportedly wounded 15 individuals, who were identified as mercenaries speaking English.**

> Lebedev stated, ***“The operation was successfully executed overnight in Krivoy Rog. Military paramedics evacuated approximately 15 injured personnel. According to our sources, these individuals were English-speaking.”***

> Following the attack, **the State Security Administration cordoned off the targeted building, preventing civilian ambulances from accessing the site.**

> **Ongoing clashes in the border area are reportedly resulting in significant losses for Ukrainian forces, both in personnel and equipment.**

[StandardUK](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russia-missile-drone-strikes-ukraine-kryvyi-rih-zaporizhzhia-kyiv-b1178483.html)

> At least five people have been killed after Russia fired waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Ukraine, a day after Moscow launched the biggest air attack of its invasion.
> 
> **President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks included 81 drones, as well as cruise and ballistic missiles,** and that 16 people were injured.
> 
> **Ukrainian air defences shot down about 15 drones and several missiles near Kyiv** during Russia’s overnight attack, according to Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration.
> 
> “***Everything that flew to the capital of Ukraine was destroyed,”*** he said in a statement via the Telegram messaging app.
> 
> **On Monday, Russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones, killing at least seven people and damaging energy infrastructure.**

> **US President Joe Biden has condemned the “outrageous” attack.**

**Of course he did- Yet, Israel’s very deadly attacks are not outrageous. Thinking about how information is presented to us in one situation vs another.**

> Analysts at the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War, said in their note late on Monday that **Moscow “likely lacks the defence-industrial capacity to sustain such massive strikes at a similar scale with regularity.”**

**More on the home grown long range missile Ukraine has at it’s disposal from [Defense Post](https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/08/27/ukraine-rocket-drone-russia/)**

> The **Ukrainian military has unveiled a new, long-range rocket drone designed to neutralize targets deep inside Russia.**
> 
> Called **“Palianytsia,” the weapon combines the features of drones and missiles, including having a micro-turbojet engine that generates 43 kilograms (95 pounds) of thrust.**
> 
> **It is also reportedly armed with a 20-kilogram (44-pound) blast fragmentation warhead similar to the capacity of an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.**
> 
> In terms of aerodynamic design, the autonomous platform looks like a traditional rocket with a central body, forward-positioned wings, and a detachable tail section.
> 
> The rocket drone can be launched from a ground platform and is said to be cheaper to operate than other weapons of the same type.

**Symbolic Name**

> The name of the rocket drone is symbolic for Kyiv because apart from it being a traditional bread, it is also difficult for Russians to pronounce correctly.
> 
> **The word was also used at the onset of the invasion to distinguish Ukrainians from Russians and symbolizes Ukrainian identity and resistance.**