Russian forces only deployed a few Shahed kamikaze drones at a time, but now there are up to 700 per night. In addition to terrorizing Ukraine's population, these drone swarms are pummeling its crucial arms industry.

Ukraine and Russia have escalated their shadow war of espionage, sabotage, and assassinations, with both countries claiming a growing list of captured agents, intercepted plots, and cross-border attacks.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia launched 597 drones and 26 missiles, killing two people, wounding 20, and damaging civilian infrastructure from Kharkiv and Sumy in the northeast to Lviv, Lutsk, and Chernivtsi in the west.