KYIV — Russia and Ukraine exchanged accusations on Monday over large-scale overnight aerial attacks, with Moscow claiming to have intercepted more than 250 Ukrainian drones and Kyiv reporting hundreds of Russian strikes on multiple regions.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defenses destroyed 251 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including 62 over the Black Sea and five over the Azov Sea.

The drones were reportedly downed across several regions, including Crimea, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, and areas near Moscow.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said Russia launched 762 strikes on 17 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours, killing one person and injuring 11.

“The enemy carried out six airstrikes and over 500 drone attacks on civilian areas,” said Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.

He added that 240 reports of damage to homes, vehicles, and infrastructure were recorded.

In northern Ukraine, regional authorities in Chernihiv said Russian shelling hit an energy facility overnight, causing widespread power outages. “At night, the enemy shelled the Ichnyan region,” the regional energy operator Chernihivoblenergo said in a statement.

In the southern Odessa region, Governor Oleh Kiper reported that Russian “Shahed” drones targeted a civilian industrial site, sparking a fire that was quickly contained. He confirmed there were no casualties.

Both sides have intensified aerial operations in recent weeks, with drone warfare playing a growing role in the conflict. Independent verification of battlefield claims remains difficult due to the ongoing war. — Agencies