Ukraine says Russian attack sets a record for the number of drones used

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The Ukrainian air force says Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz.

Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack. Most of the drones were intercepted, according to the air force, but apartment buildings and critical infrastructure such as the national power grid were damaged. No casualties were immediately reported in the 17 targeted regions.

19 that ATACMS had been fired at targets inside Russia for the first time. As Russian Shahed drones spread out across Ukraine late Monday, the air raid alert in the Kyiv region overnight lasted more than seven hours. Russia is trying to unnerve civilians and wear down their will to resist in the almost 3-year-old war, military analysts say. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that each Shahed has 85 foreign components and that Russia obtained them by circumventing international sanctions.

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