Ukraine's New Drone Tactic: Overwhelming Russia's Air Defenses

Russia says it shot down 376 Ukrainian drones on June 6, 2026—possibly the war's largest single-day count. Rather than hitting specific military targets, Ukraine is launching coordinated waves of drones across multiple regions at once. The goal: exhaust Russia's supply of air-defense missiles and raise the war's human and political cost at home. Both sides have largely stopped avoiding civilian infrastructure far from fighting.