Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow for the second consecutive night on Monday, as the Russian capital prepared for Victory Day celebrations.

Ukrainian forces have stalled Russian attacks around the besieged eastern front line city of Pokrovsk, Ukraine’s military chief said. “We’ve been able to stabilise the situation in this zone of operations,” Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Tuesday on a visit to the front, calling it “one of the most difficult sections” of the war.