Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine as Moscow intercepts hundreds of drones

Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine have killed at least six people overnight, local authorities have said, as Moscow shot down 605 Ukrainian drones over its territory and the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Rescuers worked on Thursday to douse fires and clear debris in Balakliya, in the eastern Kharkiv region, after Russian strikes on homes killed three people, authorities said on the Telegram messaging app. Vitalii Karabanov, head of the military administration in the front-line city, said the victims were two women and a man.

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