Russia’s increased sense of vulnerability may be the most important result of a recent large-scale Ukrainian drone attack named Operation Spiderweb, experts tell Al Jazeera. The operation destroyed as much as a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on the tarmac of four airfields deep inside Russia on June 1.

Families in Ukrainian cities are taking refuge from massive swarms of Russian drones, as Moscow steps up its airborne assault with attacks designed to undermine Ukrainian morale.

Russia unleashed a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 14 people and wounding 55 in the capital in one of the deadliest assaults since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.