Artillery fire and drone attacks carried out across various regions of Ukraine over the past 24 hours killed 3 people and injured 24.
Casualties in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia
There were 62 attacks on settlements in the Sumy region. One person was killed and 8 people were injured in the attacks.
In addition to guided aerial bombs, artillery, mortars and various types of drones were used in the region. Private homes, outbuildings, administrative buildings, warehouses, garages, vehicles and business facilities were damaged.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, 970 attacks were carried out on 56 settlements within 24 hours. Two people were killed and 11 people were injured.
Zaporizhzhia also recorded 18 air strikes, 740 attacks involving various drone models—most of them FPV drones—and 211 artillery strikes.
Nikopol and surrounding settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region were also targeted with drones and artillery. One man was injured.
Night attack on Odesa
Odesa came under heavy attack overnight on September 2. Eight people, including a child, were injured.
The Ukrainian Air Force announced that 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 2 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and 174 attack drones were used from 6 p.m. on September 1 until the morning of September 2. The total also included Shahed, S8000 Bandrol, Gerbera and Parodiya-type decoys.
The main directions of the attacks were the Odesa and Kyiv regions. The Air Force said that, as of 8:30 a.m. on September 2, air defense systems had shot down or neutralized a total of 141 aerial targets, including 3 S8000 Bandrol and 138 drones of various types.