Russia launches record number of drones into Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier in partially occupied Toretsk, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region. Picture: Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade/AP

Russia launched more strike drones into Ukraine overnight on Saturday than in any other single attack of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, one day before the three-year anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

Writing on social media, Mr Zelensky said 267 strike drones had been sent in what he called “the largest attack since Iranian drones began hitting Ukrainian cities and villages”.