Ukraine's air force said on Friday Russia attacked it with 72 drones overnight though it downed 33 of them while 34 others disappeared from radar without reaching their targets.
Ukraine's long-range drone strikes on airbases and ammunition depots inside Russia have reduced the glide-bomb threat.
Russia is "watching this rather dramatic development of the situation very closely," President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson said.
Russia's ability to continue fighting in the war with Ukraine may be in jeopardy as it suffers highest rate of military personnel losses in the Ukraine war.
Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that his troops were ‘actively destroying Russian military potential’ in the Kursk region of Russia
The claim, which drew no response from Ukrainian authorities, came a day after the Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces had pressed new attacks in Russia’s Kursk border region.
Ukraine has largely been driven out of Kurakhove, a battered but strategic town in the Donbas, Russia said. Kyiv’s forces were pressing a renewed offensive in southern Russia.
A map made by Newsweek shows some of the 80 attacks Ukraine conducted on Russian oil refineries and depots in 2024.
Ukraine must not accept a "Finlandization" deal struck following a previous invasion by Moscow 85 years ago, experts tell Newsweek.