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Elements of Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and Security Service (SBU) engaged in a small arms firefight in Kyiv City.

Kyiv, Kyiv
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GUR (organization) SBU (organization) Kyiv City (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Russian UAV (weapon_system) Vitali Klitschko (person) Shevchenkivskyi district (location) Shahed drone (weapon_system) Holosiivskyi district (location) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (organization) Kyiv (location) State Bureau of Investigation (organization) Special Operations Centre Alpha (organization) 10 Shumskoho Street (location) Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (organization) Kyrylo Budanov (person) Shumskoho Street (location) National University of Food Technologies (location) Russia (organization) Stepan Kaplunov (person) Russian Volunteer Corps (organization) UAV (weapon_system) Residential building (location) Educational institution (location) Medical facility (location) Shahed (weapon_system) Vorzel (location) Bucha Town Council (organization) Tymur Tkachenko (person) Obukhiv district (location) Obukhiv (location) Kyiv Oblast (location) Sviatoshynskyi district (location) Main Directorate of Intelligence (organization) National University of Food Technology (location) Andrii Butenko (person) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) Odesa (location) S8000 Banderol (weapon_system) Vitaliy Klitschko (person) Solomianskyi district (location) Okwine (organization) Wine Hunters (organization) Bucha (location) Eva Reuter (person) Defence Intelligence (organization) Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (organization) Federal Security Service (organization) Ukraine (organization) jet-powered drone (weapon_system) Boryspil district (location) Strike drone (weapon_system) State Emergency Service of Ukraine (organization) Presidential Brigade (military_unit) Kyiv region (location) S8000 Banderole (weapon_system) 'Shahed'-type UAV (weapon_system) FSB (organization)

Source Reports

Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and Security Service (SBU) elements engaged in a small arms firefight in Kyiv City on September 2.

A Russian UAV struck a six-storey residential building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district during attacks on the capital on 2 September, causing part of the building to collapse.

Klitschko said the number of those injured has risen to seven. Five of them were taken to hospital.

A Russian drone struck a six-story residential building in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District, causing a fire.

We're tired. We're very, very tired, Diana To Hang, a student, told the Kyiv Independent on Sept. 2 after a Russian drone strike on a university in the capital.

Kyiv and Odesa came under a massive Russian missile and drone attack overnight on Wednesday, Sept. 2, leaving at least 10 people wounded and damaging civilian infrastructure.

On September 2, as a result of an attack by Russian occupiers on Kyiv, a fire broke out on the territory of an educational institution, and a medical facility was damaged. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russian 'Shaheds' struck one of the universities. The attack occurred directly during classes. 160 students were in shelter. Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko reported 10 injured. Medics hospitalized 9 wounded.

On September 2, reports emerged of a shooting in Kyiv. According to media reports, the incident involved a conflict between the Defence Intelligence (DIU) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

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