Regarding the Russian Geran-4 jet-drone attacks on Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast:

Over the last two days, less and less Russian Geran-4 jet-drones have been able to reach Kyiv, with most of them now being shot down outside the city or even the region. A lot are also shot down over the city itself (leading to the damage to residential buildings you see in the media).

In my opinion, Ukraine, to some degree, has started using their new advanced interceptor drones which fly at higher speeds, although their usage is likely fairly limited at this time as production rates still need to catch up. These new interceptor drones, along with some cheaper surface-to-air missile systems have been very effective, but alone they are not enough to achieve a high interception rate, especially at their current numbers.

That's where aviation comes into play, with Ukrainian F-16 and Mirage-2000 fighter jets, as well as helicopters, significantly increasing their activity in recent weeks, and further increasing in the last few days amid these constant attacks on Kyiv. Flights are constantly recorded over Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, neighbouring regions, and even near the international border (although flights near the border usually done when there are no Russian Su-35s nearby, which is typically during the daytime hours).

New tactics employed by the new Commander and Deputy Commanders of the Ukrainian Air Force have been working very well, not only on Geran-4 jet-drones, but also on Russian cruise missiles, as long as the aircraft are in the air and ready before the Russian drones/missiles arrive. This also helps alleviate the shortage of interceptor missiles for Ukraine, which has spread beyond just PAC-2/3 interceptors, due to a lack of new deliveries from the West.

These tactics are helped in-part by the fact that Russia isn't launching these jet-drones in large waves, but instead in smaller groups periodically throughout the day and night, which prevents Ukrainian air defences and aviation from being overwhelmed. However, as the production rate of Geran-4 jet-drones continues to increase, Russia will likely change their tactics to launching larger numbers throughout the day/night, as they don't have to wait for production rates to catch up. This gives Ukraine a window of opportunity to effectively develop countermeasures against these drones.

Of course, Kyiv isn't the only location being targeted. Other cities such as Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Pavlohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, and areas of Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv Oblasts, are also being targeted constantly. They are less defended by ground systems and aren't the priority for Ukrainian aviation.

(In the video, visually confirmed Geran-4 jet-drone strikes on Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast between August 27 and August 29 - credit: @clement_molin)

Jordan's military claims that 8 Iranian ballistic missiles were intercepted during their retaliatory attacks against U.S. military infrastructure.

Iran launched a minimum of 12 missiles, maybe up to 15. That would indicate 4-7 missiles struck their targets without being shot down.

Israeli fighter jets are flying low over southern Beirut.

"It's only an act of aggression if someone other than us does it"

Yes. It’s a deterrence strategy against America’s illegal war of aggression against an independent state. The ships can choose not to traverse the strait if there’s a risk.

The IRGC claims that Iranian air defences shot down another U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drone over the Strait of Hormuz.

❗️In Kyiv, the TCC has begun using new tactics to forcibly mobilise men, as the rates of mobilisation continue to increase.

Yesterday, the TCC set up several new temporary checkpoints at 11pm, one hour before the beginning of the curfew, where they remained until some time after midnight. This is something new, as they never set up checkpoints on Sundays so late. They are likely hoping to catch men believing that this is a safe period to walk home.

Additionally, the TCC has begun following buses in their minivans and entering them when they reach a stop. Once the bus starts moving again, they check people's IDs and select who to draft, before taking the mobilised men off the bus at the next stop and pack them into their minibus. The idea behind this is so they aren't marked as a checkpoint on the draft dodgers' online maps which track the TCC's activities.

I'm making this post to warn Kyiv residents of mobilisation age about this danger, as I haven't seen anyone else mention this yet. It's possible that this is also being conducted in other cities as well. Please exercise maximum caution in areas of public transport and after 11pm.

The IRGC Navy claims that a oil "supertanker" caught fire after being struck by two naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The UAE Ministry of Defence claims that an Iranian drone was shot down by air defences as it approaches their territorial waters.

This would explain why air raid alerts sounded throughout the UAE last night.

According to preliminary information, Russia may attempt to attack bridges over the Kazenyi Torets River in Slovyansk with KAB glide-bombs today, based on recent reconnaissance drone activity.

Possible cruise missile flights to Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast.

These are FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles, they are flying northeast to Voronezh Oblast.

The missiles have entered Voronezh Oblast, flying along the Voronezh River towards Tambov Oblast.

Aftermath of a Russian Geran-4 jet-drone strike on a Nova Poshta terminal near Odesa.