Between January and June, the number of Russian drone and missile attacks exceeded 23,000, a roughly 605% increase compared to the same period last year.

Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles on Saturday (July 12), in the fourth major attack this month, targeting western cities and killing at least two people in Chernivtsi on the border with Romania.

Russia fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 cruise and ballistic missiles, the Ukrainian air force said, in the latest escalation after weeks of mounting Russian aerial and ground attacks in the more than three-year war.