Ukraine says it destroyed Russian drone base

On Saturday Russian-installed officials in occupied Crimea said three people including two children were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on the peninsula.

Mikhail Razvozhaev – who was installed by Moscow as the regional governor in 2020 – said almost 100 people were injured.

Russia’s defence ministry said five projectiles had been destroyed by air defences but debris from the interceptions fell on coastal areas. Officials said the missiles were US-made ATACMS – which are capable of striking deep into Russian-held territory.

Elsewhere, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said further Ukrainian drone attacks overnight on Sunday left one person dead and three more injured.

Vyacheslav Gladkov said one of the drones destroyed a car park in Graivoron – about six kilometres (3.7 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

Meanwhile, officials in Kyiv said two people were injured and scores of residential buildings were damaged in a Russian missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital on Saturday night.

Ruslan Kravchenko, head of the Kyiv regional administration, said the people were injured by falling debris. He noted that six tower blocks, 20 private homes and several shops were damaged in the attack.

Ukraine’s air force said it destroyed two of three missiles launched by Russia towards the Kyiv region.

During his nightly address from the capital, President Volodymyr Zelensky once again renewed his appeal to Western nations to supply new air defences to Ukraine, specifically calling for Us-made Patriot systems.

“Ukraine needs the necessary forces and means to destroy the carriers of these bombs, particularly Russian combat aviation wherever it is,” he said.