The sentence, handed down by a Russian court, is a rare example of the country holding its troops to account for war crimes.

The Interior Ministry said one person was killed in Ukraine's southern Odesa region as the Russian forces attacked with drones, damaging civilian infrastructure and residential houses. According to the ministry's statement on Telegram, nine people were injured in the Odesa region.

Russia hit an energy facility in northern Ukraine during overnight drone strikes that injured at least three people across the country, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.

Officials say Russian missiles, bombs and drones have battered three regions of Ukraine in targeted nighttime attacks.

In a new update, UK Defence Intelligence has analysed Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian regions in October and the first week of November. Source: UK Defence Intelligence update dated 8 November on X (Twitter),

Russia has started using decoy drones in its attacks on Ukraine. They imitate Shaheds, according to Yurii Ihnat, acting head of the communications department of the Ukrainian Air Force. According to CNN,

Since the war began almost three years ago following Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbor, the Russian military has repeatedly used its superior air power to blast civilian targets across Ukraine.