New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- Kyiv says Russia unleashed more than 200 drones across seven regions targeting infrastructure, while Moscow alleges a deadly strike on a hotel in Russian-held Kherson and reports interceptions near the capital.

New Year's Day arrived with the familiar whine of drones and the familiar fog of competing claims, as Russia and Ukraine accused each other of striking civilians while each argued it was pursuing military targets. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 200 attack drones overnight, with energy infrastructure across seven regions among the main targets. Russia-installed officials in occupied southern Ukraine, meanwhile, said Ukrainian drones hit a hotel and cafe where people were ...