Key events on day 1,279 of Russia’s war on Ukraine:
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Tuesday, August 26th updates:
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<li><strong>Kupiansk:</strong> An 82-year-old woman was killed and three individuals injured in a Russian strike on Kupiansk city, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.</li>
<li><strong>Donetsk:</strong> Russian attacks resulted in one fatality and three injuries in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, as reported by Governor Vadym Filashkin.</li>
<li><strong>Nikopol:</strong> Russian drones and artillery fire injured a rescue worker and damaged a fire truck in the Nikopol region of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, said Governor Serhiy Lysak.</li>
<li><strong>Luhansk:</strong> A Ukrainian drone assault in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine led to one death and two injuries, as per Russia’s state news agency TASS.</li>
<li><strong>Russian response:</strong> TASS also reported that Russian forces claimed to have shot down 151 Ukrainian drones and four aerial bombs, as well as destroyed two missile launchers, all within one day.
