Russia launched its eighth airstrike on Kyiv in September, with Ukrainian air defense units destroying nearly 20 drones. The attack, which triggered prolonged air raid alerts, resulted in no casualties or damage in Kyiv,

The Bucharest 9 group of countries said there was "profound concern" at Russian drones landing in territories neighboring Ukraine.

Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian oil refineries are trying to achieve what Western sanctions couldn’t: grinding down what fuels Russia’s war machine and the backbone of its economy in an echo of the Allies' oil bombing campaign on German assets in World War II.