The Russian capital has come under attack from drones regularly since May, with Russian officials blaming Ukraine. Military analysts commented at the time that the early attacks deployed Ukrainian locally made drones which could not carry as heavy a payload as the Iranian-made Shaheds used by Russia.

Ukrainian intelligence has planned large-scale drone attacks on Russian regions on the night of 25-26 November in retaliation for the unprecedented Shahed drone attack Russia launched on Kyiv the night before.

Ukraine reported considerable success against Russia's most intense drone onslaught of the war, but there are fears of much more to come.

Russia escalated its attacks on the Ukrainian capital after several weeks of halt, by launching several drone attacks on the Kyiv, Poltava and Cherkasy regions of Ukraine, Al Jazeera reported, citing Ukrainian officials.

Ukraine's military on Wednesday reported its forces had conducted successful missile strikes on three Russian command posts and two ammunition warehouses. Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces said in an update posted on Facebook that Kyiv's military had been involved in 73 "combat clashes" during the day.

The Russians targeted military facilities and critical infrastructure in their latest drone attack on Ukraine, Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said on national television on Nov. 30.

Russian forces attacked Ukrainian territory with S-300 surface-to-air guided missiles and kamikaze drones overnight on November 30, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. "On the night of November 30,