According to Russia’s Defence Ministry, nine Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian territory overnight, including three over the Samara region.
The UN says the New Year holiday witnessed a fresh surge of deadly attacks by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Local authorities said they discovered 25 torture camps surrounding the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv since its liberation from Russian occupation.
The UN Human Rights Office in Geneva on Tuesday said the spate of Russia’s deadly attacks on Ukraine could be classified as war crimes.