The Digester

Zelenskyy: Russia launched nearly 1,750 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine in a week

Mar 9th 2026

Kyiv says Russia used almost 1,750 kamikaze drones, 1,530 glide bombs and 39 missiles in early March and that Ukrainian air defenses shot down most targets; a March 7 strike in Kharkiv killed at least 11 people.

  • Russian forces carried out more than 1,000 air attacks in the first week of March, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.