Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging at least two factories and forcing schools to close in a major southern Russian city, according to Russian officials and media.

On the night between Monday and Tuesday, explosions were heard in the sky over Engels in the Saratov region of Russia. A fuel depot that had been burning for several days was shelled once again. Around three in the morning,

Ukraine carried out one of its largest drone attacks against Russia in this war, striking energy production facilities, weapons storage sites, and other military targets in about a dozen regions across the country,

On the night of 13-14 January, the Ukrainian defence forces conducted a massive attack on the Russian military facilities at a distance of 200 to 1,100 km deep in Russia. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Details: Targets in Bryansk,

Ukrainian forces used missiles and drones on Tuesday to target sensitive military and energy sites across Russia.

Russia's military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.