Ukraine said on Saturday it had hit two Russian munition depots overnight, in attacks that illustrated its growing capability to strike targets deep inside Russia. A statement by Ukraine's military general staff said the munitions depots were at Tikhoretsk in southern Russia and Oktyabrsky in the western region of Tver.

Blasts have ripped through two ammunition depots in Russia in suspected Ukrainian drone strikes, days after a site that fuels Moscow's military machine had been hit in one of the biggest attacks of the war.