Russia's overnight attacks on Ukraine also left several people wounded in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones targeted a military airfield in the Maikop region of southern Russia. Local officials evacuated 40 people from a nearby village. Russia's missile strike on the Odesa region hit a Panamanian-registered ship on Wednesday night, Oleh Kiper said - two days after a Palau-flagged ship was attacked, leaving one dead on board. Another ship, which was said to be carrying 6,000 tonnes of corn, was attacked on Sunday.

The Houthis have claimed to have shot down a United States military drone over Yemen, in the latest attack by the group, which has disrupted shipping trade through the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait, drawing US strikes. The Yemeni group has carried out dozens of attacks on ships with links to Israel in a show of solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel's 11-month-old war on Gaza. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Houthi group, said in a prerecorded video message released early on Sunday that the MQ-9 Reaper was shot down by air defences over Marib as "it was carrying out hostile activities". This is the eighth drone of this type to be shot down since the start of the war on Gaza, he said. The group has not so far released footage of the downed attack and surveillance aircraft that costs about 30m.

Yemen's Houthi movement said on Tuesday they struck a Norwegian oil and chemical tanker with a rocket in its latest operation to protest against Israel's bombardment of Gaza. The Iran-aligned group targeted the ship after its crew "rejected all warning calls," Houthi military spokesperson Yehia Sareea said in a televised statement. He vowed that the Houthis would continue blocking ships heading to Israeli ports until Israel allows the entry of food and medical aid into the Gaza Strip - more than 1,000 miles from the Houthi seat of power in Sanaa. NETANYAHU TELLS BIDEN ISRAEL WILL ACT MILITARILY AGAINST YEMEN'S HOUTHIS IF US WON'T: REPORT The attack on the tanker Strinda took place about 60 nautical miles north of the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The ship, a Norwegian-owned-and-operated vessel called Strinda, was struck on Monday night as it traveled near the Bab al-Mandab strait, a sea lane through which much of the world's oil is shipped.

Russian air defence has repelled a new drone attack on Moscow, the city's mayor said, the latest of several attempts to attack the Russian capital with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) this week. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said early on Saturday that a drone was destroyed by air defence systems over the Istra district west of Moscow. Emergency services were at the scene and there have been no initial reports of damage or casualties, Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia's military has reported that Ukrainian drones and a missile attack have repeatedly targeted Russian territory over the course of the past week, and three Moscow's airports – Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo – suspended flights temporarily as a result. Flights were disrupted at Moscow's airports on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, according to reports.