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

NPR · Aug 31, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

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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