During the first half of September alone, the Russian army used more than 640 Iranian-made Shahed drones in attacks on Ukraine, of which the Ukrainian air defense shot down 53 last night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today.

- In the first half of September alone, Russian terrorists used more than 640 Shahed drones against Ukrainian towns and villages. Fortunately, most of them were shot down by our soldiers. We are constantly working to make Ukrainian air defense more effective. We are strengthening our air force, mobile fire brigades, all air defense units, Zelensky said, as reported by Ukrinform.

He pointed out that the Russian army launched 56 drones during the night, of which the Ukrainian air defense did not shoot down only three.

During the night, the Russian army carried out a series of attacks on Kyiv and the Kyiv region, which was the eighth attack on Kyiv in September.

- Russian attack drones were moving towards Kiev from different directions and in several groups, said the head of the military administration of Kiev, Sergey Popko, and added that according to preliminary information, there were no casualties or material damage in the attack on Kiev.