Russia has launched a new bid to exert control over the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson by threatening key access roads with its drones and trying to split it in two by striking a vital bridge.

It was the sneak attack that shocked the world. During “Operation Spiderweb” in June, dozens of Ukrainian drones smuggled behind Russian lines took out billions of dollars in aircraft at bases across the country.

Ukraine’s Security Service said its drones destroyed one jet and damaged four at Saki military airfield overnight, aiming to weaken Russia’s war capability in the occupied Crimea and on the Black Sea.