Russia is using makeshift defenses to protect energy infrastructure from Ukrainian attacks, but the latest attack suggests they don't always work.

Long-range drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck a critically important hub for transporting Russian oil overnight – the main Kaleikino Oil Pumping Station near Almetyevsk, in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan.

A Russian drone strike hit a Ukrainian brick home on Wednesday, killing a dad and his three small children, as well as leaving his pregnant wife with traumatic brain injury, officials said.

Overnight drone attack on Odesa damaged residential buildings, infrastructure and a school, leaving one man hospitalised with burns.

The United Kingdom announced it has made a deal with four NATO allies to launch an initiative that would see the five nations manufacture low-cost drones to protect Europe.

The mother, who is 35 weeks pregnant, sustained blast injuries, a traumatic brain injury, burns and hearing loss, officials in Kharkiv said.

Rosaviatsia said all major Moscow airports were open ​for arrivals and departures, subject ⁠to consultation ⁠with authorities. Moscow ⁠Mayor Sergei ​Sobyanin, in a succession of ​posts on ⁠Telegram, said 24 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed or intercepted en ⁠route to Moscow from about 3 p.

Updated 3:50 p.m. Russia’s aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said all restrictions at Moscow airports had been lifted after being in place for about an hour and 15 minutes. Russian Telegram channel Baza reported that all Moscow airports had been closed because of a drone threat.