A gunman has been held for opening fire and injuring one senior official at a draft office where Russians were being enrolled for service in Ukraine, officials said.

Videos of the incident in Russia’s Irkutsk region showed the gunman, who has been identified as 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin, firing at least one shot. The Independent could not verify the footage.

Irkutsk region Governor Igor Kobzev wrote on the Telegram messaging app that the draft office head was in hospital in a critical condition, and that the detained shooter “will absolutely be punished”.

Opposition to Vladimir Putin’s mobilisation order has been fierce. In Russia’s Muslim-majority southern region of Dagestan, police clashed with protesters on Sunday, leading to the detention of at least 100 people.

Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the Russian protests yesterday. “Keep on fighting so that your children will not be sent to their deaths,” he said.

Meanwhile, voting continued in four Russia-held regions in eastern Ukraine on whether to join the Russian Federation, amid international condemnation of a “sham” referendum.

Russia fires on Odesa, claims military target11:08 , Liam James

Two drones launched by Russian forces into the Odesa region in Ukraine hit military objects causing a fire and the detonation of ammunition, the south command of Ukraine’s forces said this morning.

“As a result of a large-scale fire and the detonation of ammunition, the evacuation of the civilian population was organised,” the command said in statement on the Telegram.

“Preliminarily, there have been no casualties.”

Moscow sources claim that Russia hit Ukraine’s Operational Command South (UOCS) headquarters in Odesa with Shahed-136 drones, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

UOCS is leading Ukraine’s southern counteroffensive against Russia, which has made slow progress towards the captured city of Kherson since launching three weeks ago.

Odesa, Ukraine’s biggest commercial port, has been a prime target of Russia’s throughout the war.