 Russia is planning a protracted campaign of attacks with Iranian drones to exhaust Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on January 2. In his Monday night address, Zelensky said, We have information that Russia is planning a protracted attack using Shahid drones. It's probably banking on exhaustion, exhausting our people, our anti-craft defenses and our energy. Ukraine, he said, had to act and do everything so that the terrorists fail in their aim, as all the others have failed. Now it's time when everyone involved in the protection of the sky should be especially attentive, Zelensky said. The statement comes after Ukraine carried out strikes that it said killed hundreds of Russian troops in eastern Donetsk and Herson regions on New Year's Eve. Russia has stepped up its drone attacks against Ukraine recently, with Moscow launching attacks on cities and power stations across the country over the past three nights.