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Russia's jet-powered drones bring empty Kyiv supermarket shelves and rattle Ukrainians

Aug 31, 2026 · The Associated Press

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Russia's jet-powered drones bring empty Kyiv supermarket shelves and rattle Ukrainians

This photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service shows a site of a residential building damaged by a Russian guided bomb in the city center of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.

Russian forces relentlessly battered Kyiv and cities in the region around the Ukrainian capital for a fifth straight day, leaving some supermarket shelves bare after repeated strikes on warehouses.

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