Kyiv: Ukraine and Russia exchanged overnight drone attacks across multiple fronts, with Kyiv calling it one of the largest assaults in weeks and Moscow saying its forces destroyed dozens of Ukrainian UAVs over its territory.

According to Anadolu Agency, Ukraine's Air Force stated that Russia launched 78 Shahed, Gerbera, and other attack drones from Orel, Millerovo, Kursk, and Chauda in Crimea on the night of Oct. 11.

Ukraine's Air Force reported through Telegram that as of 09:00 (0600GMT), air defenses had shot down or suppressed 54 enemy UAVs in the north, south, and east of the country. It was noted that 21 drones managed to hit six locations, and the attack was still ongoing. Kyiv emphasized that air defense units, electronic warfare systems, and mobile fire groups were actively engaged in countering the assault.

Russia's Defense Ministry communicated that its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 42 Ukrainian drones over several regions between 11 pm (2000GMT) on Oct. 10 and 7 am (0400GMT) on Oct. 11. The ministry detailed that 19 drones were downed over Volgograd, 15 over Rostov, three over Ulyanovsk, two each over Voronezh and Bashkortostan, and one over Saratov.

Both sides reported no casualties from the latest drone exchanges, which occur amid the ongoing tension of more than a thousand days of the Russia-Ukraine war that began in February 2022.