Russia launches drone strikes on Ukraine in retaliation for Belgorod attack

Twenty-eight people were injured in a Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)

Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday night, after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod earlier in the day “would not go unpunished”.

The Ukrainian Air Force said on Sunday that it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forces overnight.