president will be. not long to go now. thank you. ukraine says russia has launched one of its biggest waves of drone attacks on kyiv. ukraine s military says 54 drones were launched and 52 were shot down. one person was killed and another injured. the frequency of attacks on kyiv has been increasing. the city at the north west of the country. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv with more details. what we have been told by the authorities is that overnight, 54 drones were launched against targets across the country. they say 52 of them were brought down so too managed to get through the air defences. we don t know precisely where they landed what damage they caused it yet but clearly, the vast majority were targeted at the capitol here in ukraine. we heard explosions too much of the night but they say, the authorities here, that they say, the authorities here, that they shot down over 40 of those drones which is still an astonishing
and it ll be a narrow frontage. they ll hit it with artillery, with air, with mortars. and their plan will probably be to overwhelm those defensive positions the russians have with overwhelming force. he s not committing to a time scale, as he wouldn t say when it might start. but i suppose we ve talked a lot over the past year or so about the weather, and them needing to get on with it really, i suppose, before winter starts coming around the corner. no, you re exactly right. the weather plays a critical role in all offensive operations. for the ukrainians to have attacked at some point, say, three weeks ago when the ground was still very, very muddy from the rains and the thaw from their winter, your track vehicles, even your wheeled vehicles are really, they re road bound. and when they re road bound, they become nothing more than targets. and if you think back to what we saw in late february and early march of last year when the russians were advancing on kyiv, those long columns o
unmanned speed boats. ukraine has not commented on the incident. and, as the breeds and cross border raid, it is an anti pollution russian fighters which, ukraine says, it was not involved in, but russia blames on kyiv, vowing revenge. we will continue to respond to such actions by ukrainian militants, promptly, and extremely harshly. we re goshen size, the attacks show the russian military is incapable of protecting the country s border. sabotage, and reconnaissance forces calmly entered russia, marching, uploading videos, driving their tanks, armored infantry vehicles, where is the safeguard that will enter moscow? of course, that includes an ongoing russian defense ministry. so, once again, he criticize putin heavily, calling for him
translator: all of this can end like in 1917 with a revolution when first the soldiers rise up and after that, their loved ones rise up. reporter: all this as the war is increasingly affecting russia s homeland. russia s defense ministry today releasing video of what it says was a failed attack on a russian warship using unmanned speedboats. ukraine has not commented on the incident. and after the brazen cross border raid, by anti-putin russian fighters, which ukraine says it was not involved in, but russia blames on kyiv, vowing revenge. translator: wnu to respond to such actions by ukrainian militants promptly, and extremely harshly. reporter: but prigozhin says the attack shows the russian military is incapable of protecting the country s borders. translator: sabotage and