The city of Lutsk, which lies in the north-west of Ukraine, along the border with Poland and Belarus, was hardest hit.

Ukraine’s air force says Russia launched a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones, along with 13 missiles, in a massive overnight aerial attack—its most extensive yet in the over three-year war.

Kyiv: Russia carried out its largest-ever aerial assault on Ukraine last night using drones and missiles, during which a Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet was also destroyed while attempting to intercept the attack.