Russia unleashed a massive wave of drone strikes on Wednesday night, killing 19 and injuring at least 139 people.

       Vladimir Putin's troops battered Ukraine's industrial city of Zaporizhzhia in a brutal airstrike overnight.

       Up to 70 Iranian-made drones and other weapons were deployed in the attack, Ukraine's Air Force reported.

       Kyiv's air defences managed to shoot down 46 drones across nine regions.

       Up to13 people were killed and at least 113 were injured in one Zaporizhzhia strike. Hospitals were flooded with 59 victims of the blast, with 10 in serious condition.

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       A seperate incident in the village of Stepnohirsk killed two and injured two others.

       Two women aged 42 and 67 were injured in a third blast on Tuesday night after a Russian drone rained down on the village of Nove Pekelne.

       Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed this week that his country suffered 10 times the number of kamikaze drone attacks in autumn 2024 than in autumn 2023.

       The daily record was broken in November when Russia launched a staggering 188 drones across the border.

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       But Ukraine's troops have been hitting back, causing major headache for Putin as his war efforts drag on.

       On Tuesday, Kyiv said Russia is "getting what it deserves" after it launched a new offensive in Kursk over the weekend.

       Zelensky has claimed that Putin has 38,000 men in the region over the last five months, with 15,000 being "irreversible".

       Since the start of the Kursk incursion, Russia has also lost over 3,000 pieces of equipment and vehicles, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces claimed.

       This reportedly includes 104 tanks, 575 armored vehicles, 12 multiple-launch rocket systems, a plane and three helicopters.