Speaking on the national television, Demchenko said Ukrainian troops have observed a shift in the types of weapons Russia is using to strike along the border. Read also: Russian troops push harder near Lyman “I can also note separately that the enemy now prefers attacks using drones.

Russia has ramped up the number of cheap kamikaze drones it fires at cities across Ukraine at night. Trying to shoot them down is the difficult task of Ukraine’s air forces. Every night it is the mission of air defence units to head out in small teams to intercept incoming missile and drone attacks with civilian buildings in their sights.