Russia attacks Ukraine with “massive” Shahed drone strikes

Officials in the war-torn country of Ukraine claim that Russia has launched a “massive” drone attack against its cities and infrastructure.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched 40 Shahed drones on Thursday night local time, aiming at 10 regions including Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia near the front lines, and the capital Kyiv.

“Last night there were about 40 Shaheds. More than half of them were shot down,” Mr Zelenskyy said on social media.

Russia has used hundreds of Iranian-made self-detonating Shahed drones to attack targets across Ukraine since the start of the conflict.

Ukraine’s air force says it shot down 24 of the drones as well as a Russian missile