Russia Keeps Hitting Ukrainian Cities With Waves of Drones NYT | Top Stories Marc Santora 7 November 2024 at 18:03 Moscow has been using decoy drones with no warheads to overwhelm defenses, and surveillance drones and strike drones to gather intelligence, Ukrainian officials said. © Brendan Hoffman for The New York TimesAn apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, was damaged by debris last week. Attacks in the city by explosive-laden drones have become a near-nightly occurrence.