"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.

Ukraine said it struck a Russian air base on Saturday, while Russia continued to attack Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, many expected Russia's Air Force to dominate the skies, leveraging its advanced fleet of jets, bombers, and helicopters. However, despite having one of the largest and most advanced air forces in the world,