Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person, 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.

Ukraine’s drone offensive saw major Moscow airports shutting down, and cancellation of more than 140 flights as Russia claimed to down 142 drones.

Chaos also engulfed four of the capital’s airports – Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy – with as many as 134 flights having to be redirected. By 10am local time, only two remained closed to air traffic – Vnukovo in the Moscow region and Grabtsevo in the Kaluga region.

Shahed-style drones are deadly systems that Russia has been using to strike Ukrainian cities for nearly three years.

Russian civil aviation is failing and drowning in billions of dollars in losses: due to the Ukrainian UAV attack, more than 130 passenger flights were forced to change their routes due to an air alert only during the day from July 19 to 20, reports "Dialog.UA".

In an interview yesterday with the New York Post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky floated a new pending “mega-deal” with U.S. President Donald Trump to sell Ukrainian drones to the American military.

Ukraine's Brave1 hopes all of its infantry will eventually carry its new anti-drone rifle rounds, designed to fire from NATO-issued rifles.

The US and Ukraine are discussing a “mega deal” for Washington to purchase battle-tested drones from eastern Europe in exchange for American heavy weaponry.

Russia has repeatedly shattered its own records for aerial assaults on Ukraine this summer, culminating in a peak attack on July 9 with the launch of 728 Shahed-type drones. Throughout the war, Russia steadily expanded the reach and intensity of its strikes on Ukrainian cities,

Russia has launched a massive overnight drone and missile attack on Ukraine, killing at least one person in Odesa.

The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal,” Zelensky told The Post of Ukraine’s latest drones.

Ukraine's Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal has met with First Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov to discuss scaling up technologies that support the front line and air defence. Source: Shmyhal on Facebook Quote from Shmyhal: "The focus is on scaling technologies that have proved their effectiveness on the battlefield,