Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that its air defence units destroyed 46 Ukrainian drones overnight, adding that the bulk of them were over the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine.

The ministry on the Telegram messaging app, stated that 41 drones were downed over the Belgorod region, and the rest over the territories of the Bryansk, Kursk and Oryol region.

Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram that one person was injured in the overnight attack and several houses were damaged.

Similarly, Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of the Bryansk region, which also borders Ukraine, said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages from the attack.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine about the attack at the time of filing this report.

Kyiv has often said its strikes inside Russia are aimed at destroying infrastructure key to Moscow’s war efforts and are in response to Russia’s relentless bombing of Ukraine since the start of thewar three years ago.