"In total, over the past week, there were around 1,270 drones, 39 missiles, and nearly a thousand guided bombs," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday.

With their dense mesh, the nets can tangle drone propellers. It’s a simple but effective countermeasure that reflects how low-tech means can blunt high-tech weapons in the war.

(Reuters) -Russian air defence units downed six Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow on Sunday, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Sobyanin, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said specialists were examining fragments of the drones near the Russian capital.