The attack by Russian missiles and drones targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the large cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as several smaller municipalities.

R ussian forces have spread rapidly through Pokrovsk, the city in Ukraine’s east where the warring sides have concentrated their manpower and tactical ingenuity during the past week, in what may be a final culmination of a 21-month battle.

Ukrainian soldiers said the use of medium-range drones has become more common as key targets move farther back.

On the night of November 6, Russians attacked Ukraine with 135 Shahed and Gerbera drones, as well as other types of unmanned aerial vehicles. Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized or suppressed 108 of them,