Russia's air defence systems destroyed Ukraine-launched drones over the Belgorod and Oryol regions late on Monday, the Russian defence ministry said, with local officials saying that there was no destruction or casualties.

There has been a spike in recent weeks of attempted drone strikes in parts of Russia for which Moscow has blamed Kyiv, although Ukraine has not admitted responsibility for most of the incidents. When examined by members of Russia's National Guard on Sunday,

Russian air defence systems fended off an Ukrainian aerial attack targeting Crimea Wednesday, a regional official said, in Kyiv's latest assault on the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Moscow.