Russian-installed courts in Ukraine's eastern regions have sentenced five Ukrainian soldiers to lengthy prison terms, according to Russia's Investigative Committee.
"The court sentenced (Andrey) Klementovich, (Artur) Sivitsky and (Ivan) Melnikovich to 20 years' imprisonment each, to be served in a strict regime penal colony," the committee said in a statement.
It published footage of three men handcuffed inside a defendant's cage.
The Investigative Committee said the three men were found guilty of "cruel treatment of the civilian population" and "attempted murder".
The court alleged the three soldiers fought in Mariupol, which was captured by Russian forces in May 2022 after a devastating siege, and had been "preventing civilians from leaving the city using the humanitarian corridor".
In Lugansk, east Ukraine, serviceman Bogdan Smaga was sentenced to 17 years for wounding civilians, according to the same source.
Another Ukrainian soldier, Igor Lemeshev, was jailed for 20 years for the shelling of a residential area, during which a civilian was killed.
Russia claims Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions as its own, along with Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south, which it claimed to annex after a formal ceremony last September.
Two hurt in drone attack near Moscow
At least two people have been injured after parts of a Ukrainian drone destroyed by Russian air defences fell on a house in the Moscow region, the regional governor said.
Nearly 50 plane flights in and out of the capital were disrupted after Russia said it jammed a Ukrainian drone in the Ruzsky district west of the capital and destroyed another one in the Istrinsky district nearby.
Arrivals and departures from Moscow's four main airports - Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky - were restricted, disrupting 45 passenger planes and two cargo planes, Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia said.
Russian officials have repeatedly cautioned that military drones flying over Moscow, which along with its surrounding region has a population of nearly 22 million people, could cause a major disaster.
Separately, the Russian Defence Ministry said it had downed a drone in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, while the governor of Kaluga region, south of Moscow, said a drone had also been repelled there.
No damage was reported in either attack.
Air strikes deep inside Russia have increased since two drones were destroyed over the Kremlin in early May.
Drone strikes on the Russian capital have become increasingly common in recent months.
It is unclear what impact the attacks will have on perceptions of the war among the Russian population.
Polling indicates support for the Russian military operation in Ukraine remains high, around 75%, though there are questions over how accurate polling is in Russia.
Ukraine typically does not comment on who is behind attacks on Russian territory, although officials have publicly expressed satisfaction with them.
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainian deputy defence minister said the country's forces recaptured a clutch of territory around the eastern war-battered town of Bakhmut but made no major advances on the southern front.
Russia countered saying its forces were improving their positions in the eastern region of Kharkiv and holding Ukraine's forces at bay further south.
Kyiv launched a counter offensive against Russian troops in June after stockpiling Western weapons and building up offensive infantry units but has conceded that progress has been slow.
"Another three square kilometres have been liberated (around Bakhmut). In total, 43 square kilometres around Bakhmut have been liberated" since the offensive began, Hanna Malyar told state television.
Bakhmut, an industrial town that was once home to some 70,000 people, was captured by Russian forces this summer after months of costly fighting.
Ukrainian forces began pushing back immediately around its flanks and have also been pushing towards the southern city of Melitopol under Russian control.
"In the south, the situation has not undergone significant changes. Our defenders continue to advance in the Berdyansk and Melitopol sectors," Ms Malyar said.
She later added that Ukrainian forces had had successes near Robotyne along the southern front in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russia, in the defence ministry statement, said its forces were fending off Ukrainian attacks in the south near the village of Urozhaine, which Ukraine captured last week.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said last week that his country's forces will liberate all territory occupied by Russian forces regardless of how long it takes.
At the same time, Russian forces have been pushing back in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, where officials recently urged vulnerable residents to evacuate frontline regions.
Russia's defence ministry said its troops had taken up improved positions in the region with the help of artillery and aerial forces.
