As well as drastically increasing the number of strikes, Russia has begun to fire decoy drones without warheads to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses.
These cheaper drones confuse Ukraine’s air defenses, which may shoot down decoy drones instead of ones carrying a lethal warhead.
Decoy drones now account for as many as half of all Russian drones fired at Ukraine, Ihnat said.
In the capital, there has only been one night without a drone attack since September 1.
I just hide, wait and hope that I will survive.”A car and house burn after they were damaged from a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Thursday.
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