Ukrainian drones targeting Russian power stations shot down, says Moscow

Russian rockets are launched against Ukraine from Russia’s Belgorod region (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine has launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Saturday, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure.

Fifty drones were shot down by air defences over eight Russian regions, including 26 over the country’s western Belgorod region close to the Ukrainian border. Two people – a woman with a broken leg and the man caring for her – died during the barrage, after explosions sparked a blaze that set their home alight, Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on social media.