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the russian ministry of defense reported on august 31 that the russian army has taken control of the village of kirovo in donetsk and continued to advance deeper into the ukrainian army's defense line. the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces issued a war report on the same day, saying that more than 100 battles took place in the front-line areas that day and many battles are still ongoing.

the russian ministry of defense reported on august 31 that in the past 24 hours, multiple russian army groups defeated multiple ukrainian formations in kharkov, donetsk, zaporizhia, kherson and other directions, struck their manpower and equipment, and repelled multiple counterattacks by the ukrainian army. russian tactical aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery attacked the ukrainian army's drone assembly workshops, missile and artillery weapon warehouses, and the gathering places of ukrainian personnel and military equipment.

in addition, the russian army repelled six attacks launched by ukrainian commandos in the direction of five settlements in the kursk region. reconnaissance and search operations against ukrainian sabotage groups in forest areas are still continuing.

the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces released a war report on august 31, saying that as of that afternoon, 109 battles had taken place in the frontline areas of kharkiv, kupyansk, and toretsk, and many battles were still ongoing. among them, the most battles took place in the pokrovsk direction.

the ukrainian air force posted on social media on the same day that the russian army launched air strikes on several states including kiev. 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.

source: cctv news