Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defence units destroyed 51 Ukrainian drones in the space of less than three hours late on Monday, most of them over western Kursk region. A ministry statement posted on the Telegram messaging app said its units had destroyed 40 drones over western Kursk region between 8:20 p.

An overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv injured a woman and burned a recreation centre in the capital's northeastern, Ukrainian officials said early on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to Kyiv's sprawling Desnianskyi district where debris from a destroyed drone sparked a fire at the recreation building and injured the woman,