Russia launched approximately 48,600 aerial attacks since the start of 2025, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 4. Zelensky said on social media that Russia has launched nearly 27,700 aerial bombs,

Ukraine's surprise drone attack targeting Russian aircraft last week was a "wake-up" call to the emerging threats the technology can pose domestically.

Drones are “ubiquitous, because they are quite useful, and they're demonstrating that every day in Ukraine,” one analyst told NBC News.