Moscow has fired hundreds of drones on its neighbour almost nightly since its 2022 invasion, while Ukraine has carried out regular retaliatory attacks.

Military officials in the frontline Ukrainian city of Kherson said a Russian drone killed one person and wounded four others.

Russia’s defence ministry, meanwhile, said air defence units intercepted and destroyed 334 Ukrainian drones overnight across more than a dozen regions near its western border.

It did not say whether anyone was wounded in the attacks.

Both countries have stepped up the use of drones in recent months.

Russia fired a record number of long-range attack drones at Ukraine in April, an AFP analysis of data published by Kyiv’s air force showed.

Russia launched 6,583 long-range drones during the month – 2% more than the number fired in March, which was also a record at the time.

For one day in late March, Russia’s defence ministry said that air defence systems had intercepted and destroyed 389 Ukrainian drones.