Attack drones buzz for hours over Kyiv

Russian drones on a large scale on Ukrainian cities are high.

The bombing of Monday night, although it was not broken, was typical for the new standard.

For several hours after midnight, drones flew continuously on Kyiv.

They seem to have come from almost every direction, as Mountlights collected the sky and Skeins of Orange Track Fire rose from the air defense units stationed throughout the city.

As each drone approaches, the streets are hesitant to the deep death of heavy machine gun fire.

From our hotel, a raging fire can be seen in the distance, as a fiery orange moon, almost full, slowly faded as if it was unwilling to compete.

The loud explosions will be a successful objection sign, or a drone to reach its target.

Sitting under all this drama, it is difficult to maintain a sense of perspective.

The word “huge” is routinely used in official data.

But a look at the statistics tells an unambiguous story: far from the front lines, Ukraine is in the midst of the most sustainable bombing since the early stages of the full invasion of Russia, With a sharp increase in the number of drones.

In the three months before August last year, Russia launched a total of 1,100, according to a report issued by the general corners in Ukraine.

This was a sharp rise, with 818 drones in August, 1410 in September and more than 2000 in October.

But the numbers continue to climb.

In May, for the first time, the number of drones exceeded 4000. This month is likely to set a new record.

Since the beginning of June, Russia has launched an average of 256 projectiles every 24 hours, according to the numbers collected by the Ukrainian Air Force.

The vast majority of these are drones, including the models of the type of Shahid and many traps designed for confusion air defense systems in Ukraine.

Russia began for the first time to use Shahids from the Iranians – the word means “the martyr” – in late 2022.

But by the following summer, it was producing her alternative, known as neighbors, in a special economic zone in Yilaboga, in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.

According to Artem Dehtiaranko, a spokesman for the security service in Ukraine, SBU, 25,000 drones were produced there, with another 20,000 collected from Iranian components that were previously provided.

Of the 315 it was discovered during the bombing of Monday night, 250 of the drones were actual, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, Yurii Ihnat.

“Most of them were specially heading to Kyiv,” said the Ukrainian news agency.

A total of seven ballistic missiles and cruises were also launched in the capital.

This means another sleepless night for KYIV residents for a long time.

“It has become more intense,” Katia, a resident of Kyiv, told me.

“It was easier emotionally. Now it’s more difficult.”

And not only the severity of the strikes. After hundreds of similar nights, people in Kyiv Micro -transformations can feel technology as Russia develops its ability.

“There are more drones with a little different sound than before,” said Katia.

Dehtiarinko of SBU says Russia is making continuous adjustments.

“The Russian engineers have been assigned to increase their destroyed power in order to increase the destruction and civil losses to the maximum,” he said.

“In addition, efforts are made to make drones less vulnerable to Ukrainian air defenses.”

Residential blocs and office buildings were among the sites that were struck on Monday. KYIV generally avoids saying whether the damage is a reason for anything that can be considered a military target.

But a statement issued by the Ministry of Culture said that for the first time, St. Sofia’s Cathedral from Kiev felt influenced.

ST Sophia’s is the UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most important cultural and religious monuments in Ukraine, with amazing mosaic and murals in the eleventh century.

The wave of the explosion is said to have affected a corniche on the eastern façade, but does not affect the interior.

“However, any vibration effect caused by explosions poses a serious threat to the safety of the structure,” the ministry said in a statement.