Russian forces conducted a large-scale assault on Ukraine during the night of 3 September, deploying 526 missiles and drones across multiple regions and injuring at least four railway workers.

The coordinated attack targeted several Ukrainian oblasts with cruise missiles and attack drones, causing fires, infrastructure damage, and disrupting civilian life.

Ukrainian air defense forces successfully intercepted the majority of incoming targets, though some missiles and drones struck locations across the country while debris from downed targets caused additional damage.

Air force reports high interception rate

Ukraine’s Air Forces reported that Russian forces used X-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles along with Shahed-type attack drones and various decoy drones in the assault. According to the military statement, Ukrainian air defense systems neutralized 451 out of 526 Russian targets.

The interception breakdown included:

• 14 out of 16 Kalibr missiles
• seven out of eight X-101 missiles
• 430 out of 502 drones of various types.

The military confirmed that three missiles and 69 attack drones hit 14 locations, while debris from downed targets fell across 14 additional sites.

Kyiv region faces prolonged air alert

Air raid sirens wailed across Kyiv Oblast for nearly thirteen hours, the longest alert in Vyshhorod district since the full-scale war began. Residents spent the night in subway stations and basement shelters while air defense batteries engaged incoming threats overhead.

Debris from a successful intercept crashed between apartment buildings in Vyshhorod, igniting fires that emergency crews quickly contained. The falling wreckage shattered windows in 28 apartments and destroyed two vehicles. A kindergarten lost its windows to the blast wave.

Regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk reported no casualties despite the extensive property damage.

Railway workers injured in Kirovohrad region

The attack on Znamianka in central Kirovohrad Oblast specifically targeted railway infrastructure, resulting in injuries to four railway workers, according to Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s national railway company. The attack disrupted freight and passenger services along key supply routes.

Western regions experience fires and structural damage

In the western city of Lutsk, drone attacks caused fires in two garages and one outbuilding, while debris damaged another outbuilding and completely destroyed a private freight vehicle, according to mayor Ihor Polishchuk. The attacks reached deep into what many residents considered relatively safe territory.

The city of Khmelnytskyi sustained damage and fires that disrupted public transportation services, with mayor Oleksandr Symchyshyn reporting window damage to residential buildings.

The regional administration reported that Russian forces conducted two separate attacks using missiles and drones, resulting in fires at a garage complex where 10 garages were destroyed and five others caught fire.

According to the State Emergency Service, western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast experienced warehouse fires at three locations in Kalush district, requiring 130 emergency workers and 35 units of emergency equipment for response operations.