Ukraine hits major Russian port in 400-drone barrage

Moscow: Russia on Wednesday said a Ukrainian attack sparked a fire at a major port in the country s northwest in a barrage of almost 400 drones, launc...

Moscow: Russia on Wednesday said a Ukrainian attack sparked a fire at a major port in the country's northwest in a barrage of almost 400 drones, launched a day after a record Russian aerial assault on Ukraine.

A power plant in Estonia was also hit by a drone that had flown into the NATO member from Russian airspace, while another crashed into Latvian territory, with officials in Riga saying that it was likely a Ukrainian drone gone astray.

The attack came after Russia fired nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine over a 24-hour period starting late Monday, killing a total of eight people across the country, hitting the historic centre of Lviv and residential houses in western Ukraine during Tuesday evening rush hour.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed what he called Russia's "absolute depravity" and vowed a response to the pummelling.

Russia's defence ministry said Wednesday that its air defence systems had intercepted and destroyed 389 Ukrainian drones overnight, mostly in regions that border Ukraine as well as around Moscow.