Officials say Russian missiles, bombs and drones have battered three regions of Ukraine in targeted nighttime attacks.

KYIV — Russia launched a barrage of attacks over the last 24 hours, pummeling cities in Ukraine’s east, south and center with missiles, glide bombs and waves of drones — the latest onslaught in a deadly aerial campaign that intensified two months ago.

In a new update, UK Defence Intelligence has analysed Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian regions in October and the first week of November. Source: UK Defence Intelligence update dated 8 November on X (Twitter),

Russia has started using decoy drones in its attacks on Ukraine. They imitate Shaheds, according to Yurii Ihnat, acting head of the communications department of the Ukrainian Air Force. According to CNN,

Russia launched more than 2,000 attack drones at civilian and military targets across Ukraine last month, Kyiv's military said on Friday, as Kremlin forces press a grinding offensive on the front line of their February 2022 invasion.

Ukrainian officials have said frequent drone attacks were an apparent attempt to stretch Ukrainian air defence and increase pressure on the civilian population as the war against