The attacks are often targeted at Ukrainian military sites and at getting Ukraine to use up its interceptor drones. Ukraine said its air defenses downed most of the drones in Wednesday’s attack, and the damage, which included several warehouses in western Ukraine, was limited.

Russia launched an intense aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, marking a second consecutive night of ferocious attacks on the country, as Russia ramps up its bombardment more than three years into the war.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, topping previous nightly barrages for the third time in two weeks, part of Moscow’s intensifying aerial and ground assault in the three-year war, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday.