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.

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.

Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.

It came as Russia and Ukraine swapped 150 prisoners of war each and UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

The Russians have been attacking Ukraine with 139 Shahed drones and decoy UAVs of various types since the evening of 7 February. Ukrainian air defence has managed to down 67 drones, while 71 disappeared from radar.

Ukraine's Defense Forces rely on drones to counter Russian infantry amid a manpower shortage in Donetsk Oblast. Watch this report for more details!