An 18-year-old British volunteer fighting for Ukraine was killed by a Russian drone just minutes into his first frontline mission, The Sun has reported. James Wilton, from Huddersfield, had no prior military experience and travelled to Ukraine aged 17 to join the fight against Russian forces.

Video released on social media shows Russia’s Astrakhan gas plant up in flames after Ukraine struck major energy facilities in southern Russia with dozens of drones on Monday (February 3), Russian and Ukrainian officials said.

Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that Russian drone attacks overnight damaged houses and other buildings in multiple regions. Ukraine’s military said its air defenses shot down 37 of the 65 drones that Russian forces launched in the attacks,

Russia launched 65 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported. Thirty-seven drones were shot down over five oblasts, while 28 others were lost in the airspace without causing any damage,