India, Aug. 31 -- Russia has shot down 112 drones from Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Interfax news agency cited the Russian defence ministry as saying.

In an overnight drone attack, Russia also hit Ukrainian port infrastructure which was being used for military purposes, and damaged four power facilities in Odesa in southern Ukraine.

The attack left more than 29,000 Ukrainian residents without power on Sunday, Reuters quoted the region's governor and power firm DTEK as saying.

The Ukrainian military said that Russia had fired 142 drones towards the country overnight, adding that the Ukraine air defence forces managed to down 126 of them. However, the drones hit 10 locations in Ukraine.

The military did not provide any further detail...