This morning's Ukrainian attack on the border city of Belgorod was thwarted, according to the region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
“Our air defense system worked in and around Belgorod, shooting down several air targets on the approaches to the city.”Gladkov said shortly after 5:00 a.m. (2:00 a.m. in Lisbon).
Later, it was announced that the missile warning had been activated again throughout the Belgorod region, so that residents would remain in shelters. “The situation in Belgorod remains tense. In the morning there were two attacks.”“, the governor wrote in a telegram.
One person was killed and five others were injured in Belgorod, according to the region's governor. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that at least 12 Ukrainian missiles were intercepted and destroyed.From revenge to revenge
During the past five days, Russian forces launched several large-scale missile attacks Drones Against Ukrainian cities, targeting residential areas and vital infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russia used approx 300 missiles and 200 Drones In these attacks.
On the other hand, an attack on December 30 in the Russian city of Belgorod killed 24 people and injured more than 100, a town located about 40 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Russia blamed the attack on Ukraine, although Kiev did not respond. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded, saying on January 1: Russia will intensify its attacks in response to the attack on Belgorod.
Zelensky said on Tuesday that Russia fired “almost 100 missiles of different types” and “the enemy specifically calculated them to cause as much damage as possible.”
According to the Ukrainian president, ten Russian hypersonic ballistic missiles were shot down on Tuesday.
The Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and the northeast of the country with dozens of missiles DronesThe bombing, which targeted military companies and warehouses with Western weapons, killed at least four people and injured more than 90 others.In occupied Crimea
At night, in Sevastopol, the largest city in the annexed Crimean peninsula, explosions also occurred.
According to what the Russian governor of the region, Mikhail Razvozaev, said. A Ukrainian missile was shot down over the city's port, but no casualties or damage were reported.
Also in the Kursk border region, an airstrike from Kiev on Wednesday destroyed an electricity substation and caused power outages in several cities in the region, according to Governor Roman Starovoit.
With agencies
