Russian air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 71 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Thursday.
Most of the drones - 49 - were downed in Kursk region, while the others were in the Oryol, Ryazan, Bryansk, Vladimir and Tula regions.
In a statement posted on Telegram, the authorities in Russia’s Ivanovo region, which is east of Moscow, said that Ukrainian drones had attacked the town of Shuya, but that no casualties or damage had been inflicted.
It is the second night in a row that Shuya, which is about 1,150km from the Ukrainian border, has come under attack.
The town hosts the base of a Russian missile brigade that Ukraine has blamed for a strike on the city of Sumy on Sunday that killed at least 35 people.
Russian Telegram channels were circulating videos that appeared to show the base being struck, and at least one fire burning on its premises.
Meanwhile, a Russian mass drone attack on Wednesday evening killed three people, including a child, and injured many more in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor said.
Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, wrote on the Telegram messaging app that 30 people had been injured, including five children. Sixteen people were being treated in hospital.
The attack triggered several fires.
Mayor Borys Filatov said one strike came within 100m of the municipal offices. He also said at least 15 dwellings had been damaged, as well as a student residence, an educational institution and a food processing plant.
In northeastern Kharkiv region, governor Oleh Syniehubov said a Russian missile attack injured two people in the town of Izium. The town was captured by Russian troops in the early days of the February 2022 invasion, but was retaken by Ukrainian forces later in the year. - Reuters
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