Large -scale Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian cities are increasing.

On Monday night’s bombing, while the record was not braking, the new criteria was specific.

For several hours after midnight, drones continuously echoed on the kiev.

It seemed that they were coming from almost every direction, as the searchlights raked the sky and rose from the air defense units stationed around the city’s skeleton of the orange traser.

As soon as each drone approached, heavy machine on the roads will resonate with a deep rage of gun fire.

From our hotel, a fire can be seen fiercely in a distance, as a fierce orange moon, almost filled, slowly fade such as reluctant to compete.

The loud explosion will mark a successful obstruction, or a drone to reach its goal.

It is difficult to keep a sense of perspective, sitting under all this drama.

The term “massive” is used in regular official statements.

But a look at the figures tells an infallible story: far from the front lines, Ukraine is in the midst of the most constant bombing since the early stages of Russia’s full -scale invasion, With a sharp increase in the number of drones.

According to a report by general employees of Ukraine, in three months before August last year, Russia fired a total of 1,100.

818 drones were recorded in August, a standing growth with more than 1,410 in September and more than 2,000 in October.

But the numbers just keep going up.

In May, for the first time, the number of drones was more than 4,000. There is a possibility of setting a new record in this month.

Since the beginning of June, Russia has removed 256 projects on an average every 24 hours, according to data compiled by the Ukrainian Air Force.

Most of these are drones, including the models of Shahd-type and various decoy designed to confuse Ukraine’s air defense systems.

Russia first began using Iranian -supply Shahed – the word means “martyr” – at the end of 2022.

But until the following summer, it was producing its own version, known as Geran, which was in a particular economic field in Yelabuga in the Russian Republic of Tatarastan.

According to Ukraine’s Security Service spokesperson, Artem Dehtiyarenco, SBU, 25,000 drones have been produced, which have gathered another and 20,000 from the already supplied Iranian components.

According to Yuri INat, a Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman, 315 were detected during Monday night’s bombing, 250 actual strike drones.

“Most of them were especially leading to Kiev,” he told the Ukrainian RBC news agency.

A total of seven ballistic and cruise missiles were also fired in the capital.

This meant another night sleep for the long -suffering population of Kiv.

“It has become more intense,” Katya, an Kiev resident told me.

“It used to be emotionally easy. Now it has become difficult somehow.”

And this is not just the intensity of attacks. After hundreds of equal nights, people in Kyiv Russia can understand the subtle changes in technology to develop its potential.

“There are more drones with slightly different sounds than before,” said Katya.

SBU’s Dehtenco says Russia is constantly amending.

“Russian engineers have been tasked to increase their destructive power to maximize destruction and civic casualties,” he said.

“In addition, efforts are being made to make the garen drone less unsafe for Ukrainian Air Defense.”

The apartment blocks and office buildings were one of the hit places on Monday. Kiev usually avoids saying whether loss can be considered a military goal.

But a statement by the Ministry of Culture said that for the first time, Kiev’s St. Sophia Cathedral felt the impact.

St. Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most important cultural and religious monuments in Ukraine, with 11th -century Mosaics and Fresco.

The wave of an explosion is said to have damaged a plaster cornice on the eastern front, but has not affected the interior.

“However, any vibrations caused by the explosions pose a serious threat to the integrity of the structure,” the ministry said in a statement.