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xinhua news agency, kiev/moscow, august 31 (reporter li dongxu bao nuomin) the ukrainian air force posted on social media on august 31 that the russian army launched air strikes on several ukrainian states again in the early morning of that day. the russian ministry of defense issued a notice on the same day saying that in the past 24 hours, the russian army repelled six attacks launched by the ukrainian commandos in the kursk region.

according to the news released by the ukrainian air force on social media, in the early morning of august 31, the russian army launched an "iskander-m" missile from voronezh oblast, four s-300 air defense missiles from the donetsk region, and 52 attack drones from kursk oblast. air defense operations were carried out in eight ukrainian states, including kiev oblast, poltava oblast, chernihiv oblast, and sumy oblast.

the ukrainian air force said that with the cooperation of the air force, air defense missile forces, and electronic warfare forces, ukraine intercepted a total of 24 russian drones. the ukrainian air force did not disclose the interception of missiles, nor did ukraine disclose the damage caused by the attack.

air defense sirens were sounded several times in the early morning of the same day in the ukrainian capital of kiev. the kiev military administration posted on social media that day that kiev was one of the main targets of the attack.

the russian ministry of defense issued a notice on august 31st saying that in the past 24 hours, the russian army repelled six attacks launched by ukrainian commandos in the kursk region. in the past day, the ukrainian army lost up to 400 military personnel and 18 equipment, including 1 tank, 3 armored personnel carriers and 14 armored fighting vehicles. according to the russian ministry of defense, in the battle between russia and ukraine in the kursk direction, ukraine has lost a total of more than 8,200 military personnel and 76 tanks.

according to a report by tass on august 31, russian foreign minister lavrov mentioned in an interview with russian media that ukrainian president zelensky recently said that he hopes to seize russian land for subsequent negotiations with russia. lavrov said that russia will not discuss territorial exchanges with anyone.

editor: jia congcong