Novorossiysk residents reported a heavy barrage of strikes overnight, noting that more than 50 explosions were heard throughout the city. Local authorities were yet to issue any official statements regarding the attack aftermath.

A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening of President Vladimir Putin’s annual showcase of Russia’s economic achievements.

At least two people were killed in one of Russia’s biggest aerial assaults on Kyiv during its more than four-year war with Ukraine, officials said Sunday.

Russian air attacks on major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least nine and wounded more than 60 early Tuesday, authorities said, after days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault.

The turbojet drones would pose a challenge to Ukraine's current air defenses, which rely on a mix of jamming, machine-gun fire, and quadcopters.

Ukrainian attack drones flew roughly 1,100 kilometers into the Baltic Sea and struck a Russian corvette sitting in dry dock at Kronstadt naval base, with no anti-aircraft fire or interceptor response reported during the operation.

Russia plans strikes on targets it labels as strategic threats According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia has identified potential targets for its future strikes, with a specific focus on Ukrainian defense companies,

Moscow unleashed a lethal barrage on Ukraine early Tuesday, hitting the capital Kyiv and the central city of Dnipro in a broad-ranging offensive that inflicted one of the deadliest attack for months.