Moscow has said it downed 87 Ukrainian missiles overnight in an attack by Kyiv targeting Russia’s military headquarters.
The Russian defence ministry said 70 of the missiles were downed over the southern region of Rostov, which houses the headquarters of the country’s military operations.
The other missiles were intercepted over the Kursk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Belgorod regions, all of which apart from Kursk lie on the border with Ukraine.
“During the night, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist attack with drones… was foiled,” the defence ministry said.
Vasily Golubev, Rostov’s regional governor, said there were no casualties in the Russian city but the attacks sparked power cuts in several areas.
In Voronezh, a fuel reservoir was slightly damaged by falling debris, according to governor Aleksander Gusev.