Russia says it shot down 125 Ukrainian drones in a night

More than 100 Ukrainian drones have been shot down over Russia, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight in one of the largest barrages seen over the country’s skies since the start of the war in February 2022.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence reported it had shot down 125 drones overnight into Sunday across seven regions. The southwestern region of Volgograd came under particularly heavy fire, with 67 drones reportedly downed by air defences.

Seventeen drones were also seen over Russia’s Voronezh region, where falling debris damaged an apartment block and a private home, said oblast governor Aleksandr Gusev. Images on social media showed flames rising from the windows of the top floor of a high-rise building. No casualties were reported.