KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia fired more than 100 drones at civilian areas of Ukraine overnight, authorities said Monday, as the Kremlin dismissed the country’s transport chief after a weekend of travel chaos when Russian airports grounded hundreds of flights due to the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of drone strikes, causing several deaths and significant disruptions

Maksym Ustymenko had just shot down six Russian drones from his F-16 when a seventh struck his jet. With the aircraft badly damaged, the pilot made a split-second decision to steer away from the populated area below and crash into an empty field,