Another Ukraine port took a hit after a massive Russian drone attack Tuesday overnight as Kyiv fired a missile into Crimea which Moscow annexed in 2014.

Twenty-six of 38 Shahed drones unleashed by Moscow were destroyed by Ukraine's air force and other military units but those that got through hit infrastructure in the  grain-exporting Danube river port of Izmail, Odesa regional governor Oleg Kiper said on Telegram.

More than 30 vehicles were destroyed and two people were injured in the attack, he added.

Izmail, on the border with North Atlantic Treaty Organization member Romania, has become a major export route for Ukrainian agricultural products as its traditional Black Sea route makes its grain ships vulnerable to Russian attack.

Meanwhile, Russian air defenses shot down a missile over Crimea on Monday, said the Moscow-installed head of Sevastopol city in the   Russian-annexed Black Sea peninsula.

"According to preliminary data, air defense shot down one missile near the Belbek airfield," Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on the messaging platform Telegram.

The region was under an air raid alert for one hour starting at 8:57 p.m.

Ukraine has targeted Crimea throughout Russia's offensive but attacks on military installations there have recently intensified as Kyiv vows to recapture the peninsula.

Ukraine has received American Abrams battle tanks, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday, boosting Kyiv's forces as they seek to break through   heavily-fortified Russian defensive lines.

with AFP