New tallies from Kyiv show that Russia was able to bombard Ukraine with thousands of jet-powered attack drones — a rare weapon just a year-and-a-half ago — over the summer.
Col. Yuriy Ignat, the main spokesperson for Ukraine’s air force, told national broadcaster TSN on Wednesday that the Kremlin has launched 7,700 turbojet drones into Ukraine so far.
The bulk of these appeared over the summer, surging from 350 jet-powered drones in June to 1,500 in July, before leaping to 2,850 in August, he said.
Russia has launched 1,900 of the faster, more advanced drones so far this month.
That means that at least half of all Russian long-range drone…
