KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine carried out “massive” drone strikes on several regions of Russia overnight, local officials there said Tuesday, in what appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to cripple Russia’s war machine on its home turf.

The attacks, mostly in southwestern Russia, were the latest in a series demonstrating Ukraine’s ability to strike deep inside the country, even as Ukraine’s forces face setbacks on their own territory.

Blasts were reported in the border region of Bryansk, and drones targeted regions well beyond it like Saratov and Tula in western Russia, officials in those areas said.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Ukraine had launched more than 140 drones, along with U.S.-made long-range missiles known as ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles provided by Britain.

“These actions of the Kyiv regime, supported by Western curators, will not go unanswered,” the ministry said in a statement.

— The New York Times