Air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat called the 267 drones spotted in Ukrainian skies between yesterday and today “a record for a single attack” since the invasion began nearly three years ago.

Among them, 138 were intercepted by air defence while 119 were “lost” without causing damage, he said in a post on Facebook.

He did not say what happened to the remaining 10 but a separate armed forces statement on Telegram said several regions, Kyiv included, had been “hit”.

A Russian missile attack late yesterday left one man dead and five more wounded in the central town of Kryvyi Rig, regional authorities said today.

To try to prevent daily Russian strikes, Ukraine has throughout the conflict sought to disrupt Russian logistics far from the front, notably by directly attacking military bases and industrial sites inside Russia itself.

Twenty Ukrainian drones launched against Russia were “destroyed” overnight, the Russian defence ministry said meanwhile in a report today.

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022, with the Kremlin claiming its aim is to protect itself against the threat of Nato expansion.