NPR's Brian Mann spends time with a Ukrainian mobile artillery unit as they prep their Soviet-era mobile cannon for a nighttime attack. Their goal? Stop Russia from crossing the Dnipro River and taking Kherson.

People in the Ukrainian city Kherson {kHAIR-son} say Russian soldiers are using remote-controlled drones to attack civilians. Officials say the attacks escalated last summer and are a daily threat.

The military of the aggressor country of the russian federation is preparing for assault operations in the Kherson Region, expecting heavy losses of

Ukraine targeted five of Russia's air defense systems worth an estimated $350 million in a single day, serving a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin's exhausted military in the nearly three-year-old war.

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In Ukraine’s Kherson region, in the village of Tiahynka, a Russian FPV dron dropped an explosive payload on a civilian vehicle, killing a man. — Ukrinform.

That might leave a fifth of Ukraine under Russian occupation, and the size of this area could easily expand in the coming months if the Kremlin intensifies its offensive, which has been gaining ground.

Russian strikes against Ukraine killed three civilians and injured 19 over the past day, regional authorities reported on Jan. 10. Russian forces launched 72 drones at Ukraine overnight from the Russian cities of Millerovo, Bryansk, Orel, and Primosk-Akhtarsk, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

Ukraine's air defenses intercepted 33 out of 72 Russian attack drones launched overnight from multiple directions, military officials report.

The Biden administration today announced its last Presidential Drawdown Authority aid to Ukraine before Donald Trump becomes president. It is a $500 million package that includes AIM-7 Sparrows and RIM-7 Sea Sparrows,