A military airbase in southern Russia was hit in a fresh Ukrainian drone strike overnight, causing damage to several aircraft and surrounding buildings.

Andrei Bocharov, the regional governor in Volgograd, confirmed the attack took place in the Marinovka village, where a military airbase is located.

Footage showed a fire raging at the Marinovka Air Base, while buildings in Krasnooktyabrskiy Rayon, Volgograd, are understood to have been damaged in Russia’s air defence response.

The attack came after Moscow was targeted on Wednesday in what the city’s mayor described as “one of the largest ever” Ukrainian drone strikes since the start of the war in February 2022.

Russia then moved to close two more airports in Russia’s Far North amid fears of further Ukrainian drone attacks.

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