As Ukraine marked its 32nd national holiday since independence, news from the front lines and the wider world appeared better than perhaps in any week since the recapture of Kherson in November.
In Zaporizhzhia, the hard-fought front lines moved a few miles forward. In Crimea, a missile strike took out a Russian S-400 anti-aircraft complex and a team of Ukrainian commandos briefly raised their yellow-and-blue flag on the peninsula for the first time since Russia’s 2014 annexation. A Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot defected to Ukraine with a load of jet engine parts. Near-nightly waves of drone strikes deep inside Russia blew up two Tu-22M long-range bombers, four Il-78 transport aircraft and repeatedly struck central Moscow.
#Ukraine: A Russian TOS-1A thermobaric multiple rocket launcher with a cope cage was targeted by a FPV loitering munition of the Ukrainian 92nd Assault Brigade near Raihorodka, #Luhansk Oblast – leading to the ignition and detonation of the 220mm rockets. pic.twitter.com/2QC2HzMON1
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) September 2, 2023
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