What happened on the night of August 31. The main thing

On the night of August 30-31, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Moscow region, Belgorod, as well as the Kaluga, Voronezh, Rostov and Bryansk regions. The US armed forces attacked the Iranian island of Larek. In response, Iran attacked two American air bases in Jordan. Russian tennis players Ekaterina Alexandrova and Daniil Medvedev have reached the second round of the US Open. On the border of Kamchatka with Chukotka, a bear attacked two hunters. Read more in the Izvestia article.

Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory

As a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces missile attack on Belgorod, two people were killed. Later, the number of injured increased to 16 people. Another person was injured in the Bryansk region.

The Air Defense Forces shot down six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on approach to Moscow overnight. More than 30 drones were intercepted over the Rostov region, and 12 UAVs were destroyed over the Voronezh Region. Two more drones were eliminated over the Kaluga region.

Iran and the United States exchanged blows

The US armed forces attacked two launchers on the island of Larek in the southern part of Iran. In the United States, the purpose of the strikes on Iran was to prevent the mining of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed information about a United States drone strike on an Iranian island, which killed two people. The IRGC added that Tehran will respond to an enemy attack.

"The aggression of the terrorist enemy on the island of Larek will be retaliated upon, as well as the punishment of the aggressor," IRNA quoted the IRGC statement as saying.

Later it became known about repeated explosions on the island of Larek. Explosions were also heard in the Iranian city of Sirik.

In addition, the head of the US Treasury, Scott Bessent, said that Washington intends to impose new secondary sanctions against Tehran every week, hoping to increase economic pressure on it.

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Iran has attacked two American air bases in Jordan in response to the attack on the island of Larek. The Fars news agency reported an explosion in the sky over the Muwaffaq Salti base of the Royal Jordanian Air Force. The target of the strikes were American military personnel. The Jordanian army was able to intercept eight missiles that entered the country's airspace. In Saudi Arabia, due to a missile strike from Yemen, the operation of the Jeddah airport was temporarily suspended.

"Air traffic in Jeddah has been suspended, flights have been temporarily canceled," Sabereen News agency said in a posting on its Telegram channel.

Missing 15 people in the Grand Canyon

CBS News reported 15 people missing after flash flooding in the Grand Canyon National Park in the United States. Later it became known that one person died as a result of the disaster.

It is noted that the flood also disabled the water supply system serving tourists in the national park, which led to limited water resources.

Sports News

Russia's number one Daniil Medvedev has made it to the second round of the 2026 US Open. In the opening match, the eighth number of the world ranking defeated French tennis player Hugo Gaston with a score of 6:4, 6:2, 6:4. In the second round, Medvedev will face the winner of the match between American Sebastian Gorzny and Belgian Rafael Colignon.

Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova was also able to reach the second round of the US Open, defeating American McCartney Kessler. The match ended with a score of 6:2, 6:2. In the second round, the 31-year-old Russian will face the winner of the match between Australian Kimberly Birrell and Croatian Petra Marcinko.

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Medvedev continued the series of failures, Rublev and Andreeva gained momentum in the mixed, and Schneider remains stable.

The Rubin football club defeated Dynamo Makhachkala in the sixth round of the Russian Premier League on its field in Kazan. The match ended with a score of 3:1. Thanks to this victory, Rubin Kazan interrupted a series of three matches that ended in a draw. The team scored 9 points and rose to the eighth position in the RPL table.

The collapse of a mine in the Khabarovsk Territory

In the Khabarovsk Territory, a rock collapse occurred at a mine, as a result of which one person was killed and two injured. A criminal case was opened into the incident.

Bear attack on the Kamchatka-Chukotka border

Two hunters were injured in a bear attack near the village of Khatirka on the border of Kamchatka and Chukotka. It is specified that the bear attacked people, protecting the offspring. The predator bit one of the men on the leg. The second victim, trying to escape, jumped off a cliff and suffered a limb injury in the fall. The injured were evacuated by air ambulance from the Anastasia Bay area and taken to a regional hospital.