Russia-Ukraine news – live: Putin’s troops ‘suffering key weaknesses’ as Moscow ‘hit by drone attack’

Russian troops are continuing to suffer from “key weaknesses” amid Ukraine’s counteroffensive, Britain’s Ministry of Defence has said. The MoD said Kremlin forces were particularly affected by “overstretched units” and a shortage of artillery munitions. Earlier, Russia said at least five drones headed for Moscow were intercepted in the skies over the capital region this morning. Russia’s defence ministry claimed Russian air defences destroyed four of the drones, and the fifth was intercepted and fell. Kyiv has not yet confirmed or denied the reports. Officials at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport diverted several flights and the schedules for both take-offs and landings were restricted, according to Russian news agencies. No reason was provided for the re-routings and there was no immediate confirmation that this was linked to the reports of drone activity. The drones were shot down near the village of Valuevo, located 30 kilometres (19 miles) southwest of the Kremlin. No immediate casualties or damage have been reported. Read More Russian tank explodes after driving over mine in Bakhmut Russians and Belarusians back at Wimbledon as war in Ukraine continues Mapped: The damage caused by Ukraine’s devastated dam How significant are the reported territorial advances made by Ukrainian forces so far?