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August 30, 2024 (2024-08-30) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Six people, including one child, are killed after a Russian guided bomb strikes a residential building and playground in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy dismisses the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk following the crash of an F-16 jet and the death of its pilot while defending against Russian strikes. (Reuters)
2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
- Three Palestinian fighters, including Jenin Brigades' leader Wissam Hazem, are killed during a drone strike inside a refugee camp in Jenin in the Palestinian occupied territories. Separately, an Israeli soldier is killed and others injured during a bomb explosion in the city. (Palestine Chronicle)

Disasters and accidents

A widespread power outage strikes Caracas, and other parts of Venezuela, with the government's communication and information minister blaming sabotage by the opposition without evidence. (DW)

International relations

Afghanistan–Germany relations
- Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals convicted criminals, marking the first such action since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and Kabul fell in August 2021. (AP)

Politics and elections