Pilots sit near their planes waiting for the command to scramble. Like World War II pilots, they stencil drones they have shot down onto the side of their plane, which was later destroyed in a Russian missile attack on their air base. They now have another Yak.

Russia accused Ukraine on Sunday of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, as Ukraine celebrated 34 years since its independence.

At least two people were killed and 33 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine, with strikes hitting Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Kherson regions overnight.View on euronews