This is the astonishing moment adorable baby panda Katyusha was bored at night when she could not sleep and came to annoy her sleepy mum at Moscow Zoo in Russia.

Moscow Zoo boss Svetlana Akulova said: 'Sometimes Katyusha gets bored at night. And at these moments, she follows her mother and wakes her up with not-so-tender kisses.'

Katyusha made history as the first baby giant panda to be born in Russia, according to the Chinese National Giant Panda Conservation and Research Centre.

She was born in August 2023 and was named in a social media poll after 380,000 social media users chose her name.

Dindin and her partner Ruyi arrived in Moscow in 2019 as part of China's and Russia's celebration of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Chinese media reported that the panda family are set to spend 15 years at MoscowZoo before returning home.

China is famous for its 'Panda Diplomacy', where giant pandas are sent from China to other countries as a tool of diplomacy.