Russia and Ukraine exchanged large drone attacks on Sunday night into Monday, with alleged Ukrainian UAVs forcing flight restrictions at three Russian airports.

At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least one died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.

Russian forces launched around 550 attack drones, nearly 60 missiles of various types, and more than 660 aerial bombs against Ukraine during the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Jan.

On the night of January 19, the troops of the aggressor country of russia used 61 drones to strike Ukraine, including Shahed attack drones and UAV simulators

The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.

Russia's military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

PM says Russian drones – one of which was shot down over the presidential palace – serve as a ‘reminder’ of the danger Ukrainians face every day

The Russians attacked Ukraine with a new version of the Shahed-136 drones. According to the Defense Express portal, this is the fourth known variant of Iranian drones used by the Russian Federation's army.

The Russians attacked Ukraine with a new version of the popular Shahed-136 drones. According to the Defence Express portal, this is already the fourth known variant of Iranian drones used by the Russian Federation's army.

The military report indicated 93 drones downed across 13 oblasts: Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Donetsk.