Overnight Russian drone attacks sparked a fire in Kyiv and injured a woman and damaged several houses in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it had shot down 61 out of 83 drones with 22 more likely downed by electronic warfare.

Russia launched overnight drone attacks on several Ukrainian cities and regions, including Kyiv, Donetsk, and Sumy. Ukrainian forces shot down 61 out of 83 UAVs. View on euronews

Russian drone attacks caused a fire in Kyiv, injured a woman in Sumy and damaged several homes, according to Ukrainian officials. Meanwhile, the Russian military reported downing 15 Ukrainian drones overnight, including seven in the Krasnodar region.

In the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, a Russian UAV attack on the night of February 10 damaged three private houses and an educational institution. — Ukrinform.

Russia over the night launched drone attacks on Ukraine, sparking a fire in Kyiv, injuring a woman and damaging several houses in the country's

Ukraine has, for some time, fielded large "mothership" drones that can carry and eventually deploy a set of smaller attack drones. This approach can, for example, get light and fast FPV attack drones behind the front lines before releasing them, thereby extending the attack drones' limited range.

In Kyiv, debris from a downed Russian drone fell in the Darnytskyi district, causing damage. This was announced by Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. During the nighttime drone attack, air defense units operated to intercept enemy targets, Tkachenko noted.