Over 30 long-range kamikaze UAVs were destroyed in the attack, the Russian Defense Ministry has said

Moscow has successfully hit a Ukrainian long-range drone launch site in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkov Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. It also published a video of the strike.

The strike destroyed all of the launch pads, along with some 30 long-range kamikaze drones and eight military vehicles, it added.

A short video shows a powerful blast rocking an area near the airfield where some installations were located. According to the ministry, a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile system was used in the strike.

The news came amid reports of drone strikes across Russia. Several military airfields located in five Russian regions were targeted in attacks on Sunday, according to the Defense Ministry. The Ukrainian media claimed the strikes were part of a major operation called 'Spiderweb' that had been prepared for more than a year and a half.

According to the Russian military, three out of five attacks were successfully repelled and resulted in no damage, while two more ended up setting aircraft on fire - although the flames were promptly extinguished. No one was injured in the attacks.

Earlier in the day, the first drone attack was reported in Russia's Siberian Irkutsk Region, where unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) targeted a military base. The strike resulted in no casualties or major material damage, according to the authorities.

It comes less than a day after two bridges collapsed in Russian regions bordering Ukraine in what the authorities described as deliberate acts of sabotage. One of the collapses derailed a passenger train, killing seven and injuring 71 others. The Investigative Committee said in a statement on Sunday that the bridges had been "blown up" in both cases. Russian Senator Andrey Klishas has blamed Kiev for both incidents.

Since the easing of the blockade, scenes of chaos have broken out at aid distribution centres run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - a US- and Israeli-backed group.

The UN, which refuses to cooperate with the GHF, said 47 people were injured earlier this week after crowds overwhelmed one of the centres.

Mr Fletcher said: "We're seeing food set on the borders and not being allowed in when there is a population on the other side of the border that is starving, and we're hearing Israeli ministers say that is to put pressure on the population of Gaza."

He said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should "absolutely" disavow a statement made by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich - who had said people in Gaza would be "totally despairing understanding that there's no hope and nothing to look for", and would be looking to relocate to begin a "new life in other places".

"We would expect governments all over the world to stand for international humanitarian law, the international community is very, very clear on that," Mr Fletcher said. He called on Netanyahu to ensure that "this language, and ultimately, this policy... of forced displacement, isn't enacted".

On 14 May, Mr Fletcher called on the UN Security Council to act to prevent genocide in Gaza. Asked why he had made that statement, he referred to reporting from colleagues on the ground in Gaza. "What they're reporting is forced displacement. They're reporting starvation, they're reporting torture, and they're reporting deaths on a massive scale."

In the cases of Rwanda, Srebrenica and Sri Lanka, "the world had told us afterwards that we didn't act in time, that we didn't sound a warning".

"And that's my call to the [UN] Security Council and the world right now, 'will you act to prevent genocide?'"

Fletcher is not just wrong - he is dangerously wrong. This is a man with a global platform, overseeing one of the most sensitive humanitarian crises in the world. He cannot afford to be loose with his words or misleading with his facts. And yet, this is now a pattern. A pattern of blame without balance. A pattern of distortion. A pattern of omission where Hamas is concerned and vilification where Israel is involved.

The UN activity cannot be led by someone who treats truth as negotiable and facts as optional. The stakes are simply too high. Fletcher's continued presence damages the credibility of the world body, undermines its impartiality, and emboldens those who exploit humanitarian crises for political gain. The UN cannot afford to be represented by someone who sows confusion, inflames tensions, and selectively sees injustice. The UN cannot afford to be represented by someone who sows confusion, inflames tensions, and selectively sees injustice. Tom Fletcher must resign.