Russian air defense (air defense systems) destroyed four jet shells and intercepted two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“This morning, the next attempt by the Kyiv regime has been suppressed to make a terrorist attack on objects in the Russian Federation using the RM -70 Vampire jacket and aircraft type UPS,” the statement said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the suppression of attempts to attack the missiles of the Olkha racture system and aircraft type UPS for objects in the Belgorod Region.
The attack took place about 02.40 Moscow time, noted in the department.
“Seven missiles and four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the Belgorod region,” said
.
In turn, the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Wednesday morning reported that the air defense forces liquidated 19 out of 20 shock UAVs, which Russia attacked the south of Ukraine. On the night on January 17, the enemy struck the 20th shock UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsky district (RF) and two anti-aircraft guided missiles S-300 from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation in the direction of Kharkov, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were told in the Telegram channel.
Air defense worked within the Zaporizhzhya, Nikolaev, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions. Air attacks and mobile fire groups were involved in the repulsion of the air attack, the message says.
“As a result of the shelling, 17 civilians were injured: 16 women aged 38 to 90 years and a 31-year-old man,” said Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the Kharkov ova.
“At the moment, there are 13 victims in the medical institution: a 43 -year -old woman is in extremely serious condition, she received a serious penetrating wound. A 39 -year -old woman is also in serious condition. The rest is in the middle and light condition,” Sinegubov wrote In its Telegram channel.
According to him, as a result of the blow, the facades of about 20 apartment buildings, the premises of a private medical institution were damaged, 14 cars were destroyed. Rescuers evacuated 30 people, he added.
As a result of the night attack of the Russian UAVs in Odessa, fires and destruction of civil infrastructure occurred, three people were injured, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations (State Emergencies Ministry) also said.
“There was a fire of a gas pipe, 4 parked cars, balconies on the 3rd and 4th floors and apartments on the 2nd floor of a 5-storey residential building for a total area of 50 sq.m. evacuated 130 people, The heating mobile point was deployed on the spot. Psychologists of the State Emergencies Ministry provided assistance to local residents. The facade of the house was partially destroyed on an area of 100 sq.m. by the explosive wave was damaged by 8 and 4 cars were destroyed by fire. 3 people were injured, ”the State Emergencies Ministry of Emergencies in Telegram- said on the spot channel.