Russia has also started to launch fake drones, without any explosives, to confuse Ukraine’s air defence units and force them to waste ammunition. Compared to missiles they are much cheaper to build, easier to fire, and designed to sap morale.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has intensified strikes that have tormented civilian areas, in an apparent effort to unnerve Ukrainians.

Russia is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump's proposals on ending the war, an official said, as a Russian drone killed one person and wounded 13 in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and the European Union foreign policy chief held talks in Kyiv ahead of the change in U.

Russian drones attacked Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa overnight, killing one person and injuring 13 others, including two boys, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Saturday.

The report comes as Ukraine's Air Force said that Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 51 drones, and the southern Odesa Oblast was the "epicenter."

Up to six enemy aircraft carrying Kh-101 missiles took off from Olenegorsk air base in Russia’s Murmansk Oblast and approached the missile launch site over the Caspian Sea at about 5 a.m. EET. The launched missiles were heading toward Chernihiv,

Russia launched a new barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing one civilian and wounding more than 30 people in the centre, south, and northeast of the country, Ukrainian officials said.

Russia carried out several missile strikes and launched 110 drones against Ukraine on the night of 11-12 November: Ukraine’s air defence downed 46 drones, 60 had disappeared from radar and 2 entered the Belarusian airspace.