Massive Fire In Russia, Drone Storm On Odessa, "Putin Luring Foreign Nationals For War"

Ukraine has claimed that it has broken through the first of Russia’s three defensive lines on the southern front. Ukraine estimates that Russia spent 60% of its time and resources equipping the first line of defences on the southern front. Two people were injured after Russia launched a three-and-a-half-hour drone attack on the Odesa region in the wee hours of September 3. Ukraine said its air defence systems shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia used in the attack. Ukraine's south military command said that Russian drones hit the Danube River port infrastructure. A fire broke out at an oil depot in St. Petersburg, according to reports. Moscow said its forces hit a Ukrainian drone control centre in the Kherson region. Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said there was heavy fighting around Bakhmut.