Russian drone attacks on Kiev for the second night in a row
Russia has launched several "waves" of drone attacks on Kiev, for the second night in a row, says the city's military administration, quoted by the BBC.
Serghei Popko, the head of the administration, declared that Ukraine's air defense system hit around 10 drones in Kiev and its outskirts.
No "critical damage" or casualties have been reported, he said.
Meanwhile, Russian authorities said a Ukrainian drone heading for Moscow was shot down on Saturday.
The defense ministry declared that the drone was intercepted over the Bogorodsky District, on the north-eastern outskirts of the capital.
Moscow mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, stated that there was no damage or casualties.
Sunday's air raids against Ukrainian targets follow a wave of attacks the night before, with Kiev saying it had shot down 29 of 38 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Russia.
The BBC states that it is unable to independently verify exactly how many drones were launched and destroyed.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the Air Force for shooting down the drones - the highest number reported to have been launched by Russia in the last six weeks.
In his nightly address, President Zelensky said: "Your accuracy, guys, is literally life for Ukraine," but he warned that as winter approaches, Russia would try to make its attacks more powerful.
Zelensky said Russia could be stockpiling missiles for a winter assaults on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Friday night's drone strikes caused power cuts in more than 400 towns and villages across Ukraine and damaged an oil depot in Odessa in the south, leaving more than 1,500 residents without power.
Ukraine said nearly 21,000 people in the Donetsk region have no electricity, and 63 settlements are cut off power in the Zaporozhye region.
Last winter, Russian attacks left millions of Ukrainians without power for hours in freezing temperatures.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's General Staff said on Saturday that its forces "continue to hold positions on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River".
Ukrainian forces said this week they had gained a foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnipro about 30 kilometers from the city of Kherson.
The river has separated Ukrainian and Russian forces since Moscow's troops withdrew from Kherson a year ago.
"Our defenders are consolidating their positions and firing on the occupiers", the General Staff said on Saturday, updating on its operations on the eastern side of the river.
Russia conceded on November 15 that "small groups" of Ukrainian forces had set up positions in the village but insisted they had sustained heavy losses and had no chance of breaking through.
On Thursday, Zelenskiy said that Russia was "accumulating" missiles and that while Ukraine did not have "100% protection" from Russian strikes, the country's air defense was better than last year.
