Russia has used the 'kamikaze' drones extensively since October to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Russia intensified an aerial assault on Ukraine this week, pummeling regions nationwide and forcing Kyiv residents into shelter early on Friday as the city was hit by a Russian drone attack.'s forces launched a barrage of strikes against critical Ukrainian infrastructure, air raid alerts sounded in the country's central Kyiv, Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions due to possible Russian drone attacks.
Ukraine's military said Russia launched 16 Iranian-made Shahed drones, and that they were all destroyed by its air defense systems. Valentyn Reznichenko, head of Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said on Telegram that Ukrainian air defense systems also shot down five Shahed drones in three of the region's districts.
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