Ukraine’s Zelenskyy plans to hit Russia with ‘1,000 drones’ a day

Ukrainian president seeks to step up attacks following a Moscow visit from the US spy chief.Published On 28 Aug 202628 Aug 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on his military to increase its long-range drone strikes against Russia as Moscow continues to carry out deadly attacks across Ukraine.In his evening address on Friday, Zelenskyy said he plans for the army to launch at least “1,000 drones” against Russia daily, a more than threefold jump from the current estimate of 300.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ukraine reinforces Donetsk as it seeks to disrupt Russia’s weapons flowlist 2 of 4Video: Ukrainian drones target Wildberries e-commerce hub in Russialist 3 of 4Russia warns it could target UK in response to Kyiv firing British missileslist 4 of 4Russian military serviceman killed in car bomb in St Petersburgend of list“There needs to be more,” the president said. “There is a concrete goal, and we will fulfil this task.”In a Telegram post, Zelenskyy also addressed reports that the United States’s spy chief, John Ratcliffe, had visited Moscow for meetings.Zelenskyy said Kyiv “received information from the American side about the meetings in Moscow ...