In Russia-occupied Crimea, the Moscow-appointed head of the city of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said that Russian defenses downed four aerial drones attacking the city and sank two uncrewed boats near the shore.

A Ukrainian naval drone downed a Russian helicopter with a missile strike in the first successful attack of this kind, say spy chiefs.Kyiv’s military intelligence said a second Russian helicopter was damaged in the Black Sea air and sea battle.

At least one person has been killed and several embassies have been damaged in an early morning Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.