Ukraine repels daytime drone blitz as 97% of Russian kamikaze drones are shot down

Ukraine’s air defenses repelled a large daytime Russian drone assault, downing 541 of 556 drones with a combination of manned aviation, anti-aircraft systems, electronic warfare and ground-based missiles. Fifteen drones hit cities across the country, injuring at least 32 people in Lviv and killing two in Ivano-Frankivsk, with additional hits reported in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi. Russia continues a near-daily drone campaign as Kyiv leverages extensive counter-drone capabilities.