Five killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Belgorod, Russian authorities say

Five people were killed and 25 injured in a Ukrainian overnight drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, local authorities said on Sunday.

Alexander Shuvayev, acting governor of Belgorod region, said the attack sparked fires in two apartment buildings that were later extinguished by emergency services. He said a large number of residential and non-residential buildings were damaged.

Russia's Defence Ministry said it had destroyed more than 150 Ukrainian drones over the European part of the country, as well as over Crimea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

In Novorossiysk, a major Russian export port on the Black Sea, drone debris fell on two facilities, mayor Alexander Kravchenko said, without identifying the sites.

In Russia's Bashkortostan region, a Ukrainian drone struck a building under construction and a crane in the city of Ufa, state-run RIA news agency reported, citing local emergency services.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Odesa seaport sustained damage from an overnight Russian attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, adding that eight people had been wounded in the city.

"In this way, the Russians are at war with the world's food security," he said. Odesa's seaports are the main artery for Ukraine's vast agricultural exports.

Ukraine's energy ministry said Russia had attacked power facilities in the Odesa region, causing a "significant amount" of the port city's residents to lose electricity overnight.

It said power had already been restored to 90,000 consumers.