MOSCOW: Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Russia for the second day in a row, Moscow said Tuesday, reporting that it had intercepted 209 drones overnight and in the morning.

The attack is Kyiv’s second consecutive barrage on Russia as it steps up retaliatory strikes.

Most of the drones were shot down over the regions of Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod and Belgorod, Russia’s defense ministry said in a statement.

The strikes hit an unidentified industry enterprise in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Governor Gleb Nikitin said.

Russian authorities did not report any injuries or deaths on Tuesday.