Russia launches 110 attack drones into Ukraine amid high-level allied visits

Ukraine’s air force said it recorded 110 Russian attack drones launched into the country overnight into Monday morning.

Massed Russian drone barrages have become a nightly occurrence in recent months as winter approaches and Moscow targets Ukraine’s energy grid — as it did in the two previous winters of its full-scale invasion of the country.

Ukraine’s air force said in a Telegram post early Monday that it downed 52 drones and 50 more were lost in flight. Six flew into either Russian or Belarusian airspace, while one more was still in the sky above Ukraine, the air force said.

December began with high-level diplomatic visits to Kyiv despite the ongoing Russian bombardments.

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