Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defence units destroyed 51 Ukrainian drones in the space of less than three hours late on Monday, most of them over western Kursk region. A ministry statement posted on the Telegram messaging app said its units had destroyed 40 drones over western Kursk region between 8:20 p.

An overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv injured a woman and burned a recreation centre in the capital's northeastern, Ukrainian officials said early on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to Kyiv's sprawling Desnianskyi district where debris from a destroyed drone sparked a fire at the recreation building and injured the woman,

A Russian military commander has told President Vladimir Putin that "the scattered remnants" of the Ukrainian army remaining in Russia's Kursk region will soon be destroyed, the state RIA news agency reported on Sunday.