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Russian Air Defense systems destroy 12 Ukrainian missiles over Belgorod region

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Moscow: Russian air defense systems shot down six Tochka-U missiles and six Vilkha missiles launched by the Ukrainian military against Russia’s Belgorod Region on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

“Today, on the morning of January 3, another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on targets in Russia using the Vilkha multiple launch rocket systems and the Tochka-U tactical missile complexes was thwarted. Air defense systems on duty destroyed six Tochka-U missiles and six Vilkha MLRS missiles over the Belgorod Region,” the ministry said in a statement.

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