Shahed-style drones are deadly systems that Russia has been using to strike Ukrainian cities for nearly three years.

Ukrainian soldiers are coming up with new ways to combat Russia's fiber-optic drones. These drones are difficult to jam with electronic warfare systems, so the main method of defense is their physical destruction,

Russia has repeatedly shattered its own records for aerial assaults on Ukraine this summer, culminating in a peak attack on July 9 with the launch of 728 Shahed-type drones. Throughout the war, Russia steadily expanded the reach and intensity of its strikes on Ukrainian cities,