Dozens of Russian drones targeted Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in an eight-hour nighttime attack, authorities said Thursday as Russia kept up its relentless pounding of Ukraine after almost 1,000 days of war.

Kyiv endured one of its longest assaults on Thursday, while Russian forces launched dozens of drones over the capital in an eight-hour overnight attack. As the Russia-Ukraine war nears 1,000 days, Russia's growing use of drones is stretching Ukraine's air defenses and putting residents on edge.