After previously disabling key Russian air defense networks in Crimea, Ukraine’s elite drone unit, known as the “Ghosts,” has shifted its focus eastward, delivering another blow to Russia’s aerial shield.

Russia intends to simultaneously launch up to 2,000 drones on Ukraine, said German Major General Christian Freuding. Source: Freuding on the Bundeswehr's Nachgefragt podcast on Saturday 19 July Details: Freuding has information that Russia is significantly expanding its production capacity to enable mass drone deployment in the war against Ukraine.

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person, part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.