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- Russia began sending swarms of high-speed, jet-propelled drones over the summer; their use rose fivefold in July from June, with more than 2,800 fired in August.
- Yuriy Ihnat said the faster drones had an interception rate of about 60%, compared with more than 90% for slower conventional drones.
- Kyiv has faced around-the-clock air attacks for 10 days, with repeated alerts halting metro service, clogging roads and forcing people to walk farther to work.
- Natalia Petrivska said some dairy products were running low as warehouses were hit and supply chains disrupted, while urging consumers not to panic-buy.
- United Nations investigators have verified more than 16,000 civilian deaths in the conflict, with the vast majority occurring in Ukraine.
- Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found opposition to ceding unoccupied Donbas rose to 69% in August from 62% in April.
- Roman Feshchuk said pupils at his 400-student Kyiv school resumed lessons underground after an alarm interrupted their first class of the academic year.
Why it matters: For Kyiv's 3 million residents, the roughly 60% interception rate for Russia's jet drones—below the over-90% rate for older drones—means attacks are harder to intercept as they become near-constant, disrupting transit, schools, food supplies and decisions to leave before a fifth winter.
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