Ukrainian forces have gone on the offensive in the Kursk region of Russia, Ukrainian and Russian officials said Sunday, in what appeared to be an effort to regain the initiative there as they struggle to thwart relentless Russian assaults across eastern Ukraine.

Russia launched 38 Shahed-type attack drones and unidentified dummy drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported. Twenty-eight drones were shot down, and 10 were lost in the airspace, according to the statement.

Russia launched 38 Shahed drones into Ukraine. The air defense shot down 28 Russian drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. From 7:30 p.m. on January 6 to 9 a.m. Kyiv time on January 7, Russia attacked with 38 Shahed-type attack drones and various types of imitator drones from the directions of Millerovo,

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 38 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones on the night of 6-7 January. Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 28 drones, and another 10 Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar.

Russian troops launched more than 630 attack drones, around 740 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 50 missiles of various types this week, targeting settlements across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.