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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n Russia<\/a> fired more than 100 drones at civilian areas of Ukraine overnight, authorities said Monday, as the Kremlin<\/a> dismissed the country\u2019s transport chief after a weekend of travel chaos when Russian airports grounded hundreds of flights due to the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks.<\/p>\n At least 10 civilians were killed and 38 injured, including three children, in Russian attacks over the previous 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said.<\/p>\n Russia recently has intensified its aerial strikes on civilian areas after more than three years of war. Over the past week, Russia launched some 1,270 drones, 39 missiles and almost 1,000 powerful glide bombs at Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday.<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s bigger army is also trying hard to break through at some points along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620 miles) front line, where Ukrainian forces are severely stretched.<\/p>\n The strain of keeping Russia\u2019s invasion at bay, and the lack of progress in direct peace talks, has compelled Ukraine to seek more military help from the U.S. and Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n