Almost 160 Ukrainian drones downed overnight, says Russia

Firefighters tackle a blaze after a missile attack by Ukrainian forces on the city of Belgorod (Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov/Telegram/AP)

Russia has said its air defences intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region.

Forty-six were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent its forces in recent weeks in the largest incursion on to Russian soil since the Second World War.