Russia says units intercept 234 Ukrainian drones over nine hours

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its air defence units had intercepted 234 drones over various parts of central and southern Russia over a nine-hour period, including six drones headed for Moscow.

The ministry reported no damage or casualties over the period extending from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. The governor of the Bryansk region on the Ukrainian border said one farm worker was injured.

The Russia-installed governor of those parts of the eastern Donetsk region under Moscow's control said an attack by the Ukrainian military killed a family of four in the town of Hirnyak near Pokrovsk, a Ukrainian logistics centre long under pressure from Russian forces.

A representative of Russia's Investigative Committee, now working in Russian-held areas of Ukraine, said Ukrainian shelling had damaged a children's clinic in Donetsk, the region's main town.