Kiev, 1 January 2024 (dpa/MIA) - Russia fired a record number of 90 combat drones at Ukraine on New Year's Eve, 87 of which were repelled, Ukrainian Air Force chief Mykola Oleshchuk announced on Telegram on Monday.

That is almost twice as many unmanned aerial vehicles as on New Year's Eve a year ago, when a total of 45 were shot down, he said.

According to military governor Oleh Kiper, at least one person was killed and three others injured in an attack on a residential area in the Black Sea region of Odessa in the south. There was also reportedly damage to the harbour.

A museum in Lviv in western Ukraine is said to have been destroyed. The Russian army also attacked the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions in the south and Kharkiv in the east with missiles, the Ukrainian air force said.

Ukraine is nearing the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on February 22, 2022.

Just a few days ago, Ukrainians experienced the heaviest bombardments since the start of the war, as a result of which at least 27 people were killed in the capital Kiev alone, according to official figures.