Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- MOSCOW/KYIV - Russia said on Monday that its air defence units destroyed 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, most of them in the country's southwestern regions and over the Black Sea, as the war between the two nations continued to spill across multiple fronts.

According to a statement posted by the Russian Defence Ministry on its Telegram channel, 61 drones were intercepted over the Black Sea, while one was reportedly heading toward Moscow. The ministry did not report any casualties or damage, nor did it disclose how many drones Ukraine had launched in total.

However, Ukrainian media outlets claimed that one of the drone strikes ignited a major fire at an oil depot in Feodosia, a key port city on the Crimean coast. The ...