The launches target military objectives of both sides as well as energy infrastructure. Another night, and there have been hundreds of them, the Ukraine war has turned into an exchange of drone launches.

Russian forces have intercepted a Ukrainian drone near the Russian town of Kurchatov but there was no damage to the nearby Kursk nuclear power plant, the regional governor says. Governor Alexei Smirnov said debris from the drone caused explosions in a building unrelated to the plant.

The Kremlin on Friday accused Ukrainian authorities of playing with fire, a day after Russian forces said they had intercepted a Ukrainian drone near the Kursk nuclear plant and some news outlets reported a fire had broken out several miles away.