Ukraine's air force said on Friday Russia attacked it with 72 drones overnight though it downed 33 of them while 34 others disappeared from radar without reaching their targets.

Russian-based Fly Drones has been deploying an anti-drone laser system—which could be employed to automatically detect, track, identify, and engage the airborne platforms.

Russia is demanding the United Nations condemn Kyiv following an alleged drone attack that it claims killed a journalist working for a Russian outlet and injured several others.

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 72 Shahed-type loitering munitions and various types of decoy drones on the night of 9-10 January. Ukrainian air defence units have destroyed 33 UAVs, while a further 34 Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar,

Additionally, 34 drones were reported as lost from radar, with one reportedly flying back towards Russia. There were no negative consequences from these drones. Read also: Ukraine intercepts 46 Shahed drones in massive overnight attack The drones were launched from various locations in Russia,

On the night of January 10, the Russian army attacked Kyiv with drones. As a result of the attack, drone debris struck a high-rise building in one of the districts of the capital, according to the Telegram of the head of the Kyiv Military Administration,

Snow, sleet, fog, the lot; when the weather is at its worst is when Russian soldiers tend to go out on assault. That’s what the traditional wisdom dictates anyway: the harder it is for Ukrainian drones to watch and enter the battlefield,