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It said five missiles had been shot down and one had caused damage - with its fragments starting a fire at a military facility.

Five missiles were shot down and one damaged, with its fragments causing a fire at a military facility in the region, it said in a statement.

But the defences being built along this frontier don’t address the more immediate threat from drones and missiles regularly launched by Iranian militia groups in Syria and Iraq – and frequently shot down by Israeli forces.

“Every night it’s a lottery – where it hits, where it’s shot down, where it falls and what happens.”

Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 145 drones towards every part of the country on Saturday night, with most shot down.