U kraine launched one of the biggest drone attacks on the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula since the full-scale war that started with Russia’s invasion 21 months ago, Russian officials have said.

Russia says Ukraine sent a wave of 41 drones over Crimea targets overnight on Monday. Ukraine has not commented on the attack, but a defense official had hinted one was coming. Various unofficial reports say explosions were heard in three key sites in Crimea.

Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Crimean Peninsula as Russia escalated its attack against Avdiivka, a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine that has been mostly destroyed. KYIV, Ukrain

Ukraine said Russia launched a fresh barrage of missiles, killing at least one person, though defenses prevented any from reaching the capital city.

Kyiv said Wednesday that Moscow had launched dozens of Iranian-designed attack drones toward Ukraine overnight from southern Russia and the annexed Crimean peninsula, in its latest aerial barrage. Officials in Kyiv say Russian forces have been stockpiling drones and missiles for systematic attacks on Ukraine's struggling energy grid over winter

One civilian was killed in a Russian drone attack on Odesa Oblast during the night leading into Dec. 7, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram.

At a secret base on the Dnipro river, Ukraine’s new fleet of sea drones flanks both sides of a dockside warehouse packed with enough explosives to ­destroy Russia’s entire Black Sea navy. Ukraine’s military intelligence service,