Russian forces have now launched the highest number of drone strikes in a single month since the conflict began in February 2022.   13:17 A Russian court has sentenced a man convicted over a car bombing that seriously wounded the nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin to life in prison,

Russian officials say more than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight in one of the largest barrages over Russian skies.