Russian drones strike southern, eastern Ukraine

Russian drones attacks struck several parts of Ukraine overnight, including residential buildings in the southern region of Kherson where eleven people were injured, according to regional governor Olexandr Prokudin.

A gas pipeline, a petrol station, a car repair shop and private vehicles were also damaged, Prokudin wrote on Telegram.

In the eastern Ukrainian city of Chuhuiv, at least three people were injured in a drone attack, including a twelve-year-old boy, military governor Oleh Synegubov posted on Telegram. Two people were also injured in the city of Kupjansk, he added.

Further reports of anti-aircraft fire emerged from Kiev in the evening and during the night. Media reported that a number of people sought refuge in underground railway shafts and other shelters.

Air raid sirens sounded in large parts of the country, including in the northern Sumy region, Donetsk and Kharkiv in the east and Dnipro and Zaporizhzhya in the south-east. No information about damage or casualties was initially available.

Ukraine, in turn, attacked targets in Russia.

Enemy drones were intercepted in the Rostov region in southern Russia and in the Smolensk region south-west of Moscow, according to official reports.

The claims on neither side could be independently verified.

Ukraine has been defending itself against Russian offensives for more than three years and is increasingly urging its Western allies to supply new air defence systems due to focused airstrikes.