The claim comes as Ukraine, over the past several months, has intensified its efforts to strike deep into Russia using homemade drones, targeting arms depots, airfields, and oil refineries to weaken Russia's combat capabilities from a distance.

The arrival of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has completely changed the style of the war. Both the Ukrainians and the Russians are now using drones so both sides have had to come up with inventive strategies for dealing with them,

Syrskyi said that the targets included 129 artillery systems, 221 pieces of radio equipment, and more than 4,000 Russian troops.

In total, the Air Force reported detecting 145 Russian drones during the night attack. “On the night of Nov. 10, 2024, the enemy launched a record number of UAVs,” the Defense Forces emphasized. Throughout the night,

Ukrainian commanders held a meeting to discuss the use of drones on the frontline, with defenders targeting over 52,000 enemy objectives in the past month, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,

Ukrainian air defence has confirmed the downing of 32 Russian UAVs as of the morning of 9 November. Source: Ukraine's Air Force Details: It is known that the Russians launched 51 attack UAVs on Ukraine from the Russian cities of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Oryol.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has reported that over 52,000 Russian targets were destroyed or damaged as a result of combat missions conducted by Ukrainian forces using drones in October 2024.