Russia's long-range drone strikes on Ukraine dipped sharply over August, an AFP analysis published on Monday showed, during a flurry of high-profile but fruitless meetings aimed at ending Moscow's grinding invasion.
The fall off in drone strikes came after months of escalating aerial attacks and meetings US President Donald Trump hosted with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders that ended without any breakthrough.
An analysis of data published by the Ukrainian air force showed that Russia launched 4,132 long-range drones at Ukraine in overnight attacks over the month of August-a 34% decrease on July, when Russia fired a record number of drones.
Despite the overall decrease, Russian attacks still killed dozens of civilians.
Moscow's military hit Kyiv with one of the worst drone and missile attacks of the war on August 28, killing 25 people, mainly in a residential building.
AFP journalists on Sunday saw friends and relatives weeping over coffins and burying a 24-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter, who were killed in the barrage.
Moscow has fired almost nightly aerial drone and missile attacks on Ukraine since it launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, sparking the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.
There has not been a single night without a Russian long-range drone attack since May.
Russia also launched some 156 missiles at Ukraine across the month of August, according to the Ukrainian air force data.
The analysis-based on official reports published each morning by the Ukrainian air force - does not account for every Russian attack.
The number of projectiles launched by Russian forces is likely to be higher, air force officials said
Ukrainian air defence units are adapting to the increasingly sophisticated attacks that have been growing in size over recent months.
The fall off in drone strikes came after months of escalating aerial attacks and meetings US President Donald Trump hosted with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders that ended without any breakthrough.
An analysis of data published by the Ukrainian air force showed that Russia launched 4,132 long-range drones at Ukraine in overnight attacks over the month of August-a 34% decrease on July, when Russia fired a record number of drones.
Despite the overall decrease, Russian attacks still killed dozens of civilians.
Moscow's military hit Kyiv with one of the worst drone and missile attacks of the war on August 28, killing 25 people, mainly in a residential building.
AFP journalists on Sunday saw friends and relatives weeping over coffins and burying a 24-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter, who were killed in the barrage.
Moscow has fired almost nightly aerial drone and missile attacks on Ukraine since it launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, sparking the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.
There has not been a single night without a Russian long-range drone attack since May.
Russia also launched some 156 missiles at Ukraine across the month of August, according to the Ukrainian air force data.
The analysis-based on official reports published each morning by the Ukrainian air force - does not account for every Russian attack.
The number of projectiles launched by Russian forces is likely to be higher, air force officials said
Ukrainian air defence units are adapting to the increasingly sophisticated attacks that have been growing in size over recent months.
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