KYIV (Reuters) -Overnight Russian drone attacks sparked a fire in Kyiv and injured a woman and damaged several houses in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it had shot down 61 out of 83 drones with 22 more likely downed by electronic warfare.

Russia launched overnight drone attacks on several Ukrainian cities and regions, including Kyiv, Donetsk, and Sumy. Ukrainian forces shot down 61 out of 83 UAVs. View on euronews

In the early hours of December 2024, as the sun began to rise, the sound of drones filled the air. This was the first successful all-drone assault on Russian positions — a groundbreaking event in the history of modern warfare.

Ukraine has, for some time, fielded large "mothership" drones that can carry and eventually deploy a set of smaller attack drones. This approach can, for example, get light and fast FPV attack drones behind the front lines before releasing them, thereby extending the attack drones' limited range.

Russia over the night launched drone attacks on Ukraine, sparking a fire in Kyiv, injuring a woman and damaging several houses in the country's

A Ukrainian drone attack overnight sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia's southern region of Krasnodar that has since been extinguished, regional officials said on Wednesday.

In the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, a Russian UAV attack on the night of February 10 damaged three private houses and an educational institution. — Ukrinform.

Ukraine has launched its second major drone attack in a week against Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from its borders.

On the night of February 8, drones attacked four regions of Russia. In two of them, oil refineries were targeted, according to the SHOT Telegram channel. Drones attacked an oil pumping station in the suburbs of Chertkovo,

He alleged that air defense systems had “repelled” the attack on the refinery in the Kumylzhensky district. Bocharov said there were no casualties or damage. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that air defenses had “intercepted” 36 drones overnight,