 The head of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, has announced the formation of a new political alliance with the party of Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, and that of the former Czech Prime Minister, Andrei Babiš. They're inviting others to join. The Russian Defence Ministry says its air defence systems destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones overnight over several border regions, including Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod.