Russia, Ukraine Engage In Drone Missile Battle

Kyiv and Moscow staged dozens of drone and missile attacks, leaving many wounded in Ukraine and damaging a fuel reservoir site in a Russian Border region, official said on Friday.

Both countries have stepped up cross-border aerial assaults in recent weeks, with Kyiv targeting Russian energy facilities and Moscow launching retaliatory barrages.

Russia said it had downed 87 Ukrainian drones, of which 70 had targeted the southern Rostov region that houses the headquarters of its military operation against Kyiv.

The defence ministry revealed that 70 drones were downed over Rostov, six each over Kursk and Voronezh, and two each over Volgograd and the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine.

According to governor Vasily Golubev, via his social media handle, the attacks in recent times have triggered power cut in several areas of the Rostov region.

"Ukrainian air defence systems had downed 24 out of 31 Russian drones and missiles fired overnight. Six people were wounded in an attack on the frontline town of Selydove in the war-battered Donetsk region," its governor said.