Many of the drones aren’t particularly fast or high-tech, but they are cheap enough for the Kremlin to launch more than 700 in one night, in an effort to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses. Here’s what we know.

Russia plans to produce more than 6,000 Shahed drones monthly, reports CNN. A CNN source in Ukrainian Defense Intelligence said that, besides increasing numbers, producing strike drones in Russia now costs much less than at the start of the war,

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a profoundly negative impact on Ukraine, as well as on the global food, financial, and energy markets.