For hours through the night, people in the shelter did what they could as they waited out the attack. They listened to music, watched TV shows on their devices, curled up and tried to sleep, talked quietly with others, and scrolled their phones for updates.<\/p>\n
Ukraine predicted that a heavy bombardment was coming. There were warnings, and between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, Russia launched over 750 attack and decoy drones<\/a> in continuous waves across Ukraine, Kyiv’s air force said. The rare daytime barrage followed the end of a three-day ceasefire.<\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the onslaught “one of the longest massive Russian attacks” against the country. At least six people were killed, and dozens more were injured on Wednesday, officials said.<\/p>\n An explosion in Kyiv during the massive Russian attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sergei SUPINSKY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n Business Insider was on the road to the north of Kyiv around midday when iPhone navigation suddenly stopped working, a sign of possible electronic warfare activity.<\/p>\n Russian drones were flying nearby, and it’s not uncommon for Ukraine to use GPS interference<\/a> to try to defeat them.<\/p>\n In the evening, Business Insider linked up with a Ukrainian mobile air defense unit<\/a> operating outside Kyiv. They had been battling Russia’s Shahed-style attack drones.<\/p>\n Soldiers operating a .<\/a>50-caliber machine gun<\/a> shot down one of Russia’s drones, the unit’s commander told Business Insider. At that point, Ukrainian forces had intercepted more than 700 drones across the country throughout the day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n