July 3, attacked the territory of Ukraine with strike drones from three directions. A total of 52 drones were launched, and 40 enemy targets were destroyed by air defense forces, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Russia’s Shahed drone swarms are pummeling Ukraine on a nightly basis, inflicting ever more death and destruction in cities that had managed to carve out some sense of normalcy amid wartime. With traditional air defense stockpiles running low,

Russian forces have become adept at retooling Iranian kamikaze Shahed drones, making them more deadly and less vulnerable to Ukrainian defenses, according to Kyiv.