💥 Attack

Russian forces struck a supermarket and post office in Kramatorsk with a V2U autonomous drone equipped with AI, killing one civilian and injuring another.

August 29, 2025 Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 2 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Entities

V2U autonomous drone (weapon_system) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Dnipro group of forces (military_unit) Molniya drone (weapon_system) Boomerang drone (weapon_system) Vandal Novgorodsky drone (weapon_system) Gorynych drone (weapon_system) Vadym Filashkin (person) Russia (organization)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces struck a supermarket and a post office in Kramatorsk with a V2U autonomous drone

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Ukraine's Dnipro group of forces struck the Russian hub for the distribution of drones on Aug. 29, destroying 'massive stockpiles' of unmanned aircraft including Molniya, Boomerang, Vandal Novgorodsky, and Gorynych models. Russia was reportedly attempting to distribute over 19,000 drones.

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Extracted: 2026-02-24T00:13:42.432Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-29-2025