Russia conducting rolling aerial attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says

Russia is conducting a rolling aerial attack on Ukraine since Thursday evening, Ukraine's air force said on Friday, adding that a large number of enemy drones were in Ukrainian airspace.



The bombardment is the second time this week Russia has followed a overnight drone barrage with heavy daytime attacks, a new tactic as Moscow probes ways to penetrate Ukraine's air defences.



"We can see that the enemy is using new routes, new drones which they are constantly modernising, and new tactics," air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said on state television.



He added that Russia had launched more than 400 long-range drones in the past 24 hours, as well as ten ballistic missiles that primarily targeted areas near the frontline. Ihnat said the bombardment was similar to an attack on Tuesday, which killed at least four people, when an overnight barrage of over 300 drones was followed by another of similar size in the middle of the day.