Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv was struck on Monday by a flurry of suicide drones that attacked residential areas, causing widespread damage to buildings, setting them afire while killing at least four people.
These weapons, also known as kamikaze drones, are not new to the battlefield, having being used to attack military and infrastructure targets in southern Ukraine since September, the Washington Post reported.
But their use on civilian targets raises questions of whether this is a new strategy by Moscow or a sign of a problem with its military campaign.
CBC Explains what are these drones, their advantages, disadvantages and why Russia is using them against Ukraine.
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