Russia launches dozens of drones into Ukraine in latest air raid: Kyiv

Russia launched 36 drone attacks overnight on Ukraine, according to Kyiv's air force, in Moscow's latest air raid targeting the country. Ukraine's air force said in a statement on Tuesday that its defence systems had destroyed 27 of the drones. The attacks using Iran-made Shahed drones targeted the Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions of Ukraine, the air force said on the Telegram messaging app. Moscow launched a total of 36 Iranian-made drones from the Russia-annexed Crimean peninsula, it added. The air force did not say which targets, if any, the nine other drones may have hit.