At about 10:30 p.m. Moscow time on January 2, yet another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out an attack on facilities on Russian soil with the use of Olkha multiple rocket launchers and Tochka-U missiles was thwarted, TASS reported citing Russia's Defense Ministry on Wednesday.
"[Russian] air defense forces on duty destroyed two Tochka-U missiles and seven Olkha MLRS rockets over the Belgorod Region," the ministry added.
Russian officials have blamed Kyiv for plotting acts of sabotage targeting the country’s major infrastructure sites, including nuclear power plants. The Russian border regions of Kursk, Bryansk, and Belgorod, as well as Crimea have been frequently subjected to Ukrainian drone attacks.
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