Once a cheap answer to Russia’s artillery dominance, Ukrainian small and inexpensive first-person view (FPV) drones are now a force in their own right. They are used on a huge scale, with Ukraine projected to produce 2m this year.

Ukraine's air force said it recorded 110 Russian attack drones launched into the country overnight into Monday morning. Massed Russian drone barrages have become a nightly occurrence in recent months as winter approaches and Moscow targets Ukraine's energy grid -- as it did in the two previous winters of its full-scale invasion of the country.

On the night of December 2, Russia launched 110 drones into Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense forces were operating in 10 regions, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That night, Russian occupiers launched 110 Shaheds and other types of drones from four districts - Kursk,