Ukraine's emergency services described a night of "terror" amid a second straight night of massive Russian air strikes, including on the capital Kyiv.

Kyiv mayor warns of ‘massive’ strike as Ukraine alleges nearly 300 drones launched by Russia, while Moscow claims to intercept 110 Ukrainian UAVs overnight - Anadolu Ajansı

Russian authorities have been forced to shut down airports in Moscow amid a barrage of Ukrainian drone strikes overnight, Russian officials and state media reported on May 23. Operations have been suspended at Moscow's Vnukovo,

Hundreds of Ukrainian kamikaze drones have flown towards Moscow in recent weeks. None appear to have even reached the Russian capital, yet the effect on the city — and the wider country — has been hugely significant.

Russia said it faced a Ukrainian drone attack early on Sunday and intercepted or destroyed around 100 of the unmanned Ukrainian weapons including some aimed at Moscow.

Ukraine pioneered the use of small drones on the battlefield. But in Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow’s fiber-optic cables helped turn the tide.

A flight carrying a delegation of Indian parliamentarians among other passengers had an arrival delay of around 40 minutes on Thursday in view of brief shutting of airports in the Russian capital following a barrage of overnight drone strikes,