MOSCOW, January 3. /TASS/: Russian air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles and seven Olkha MLRS projectiles over the borderline Belgorod Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
"At about 10:30 p.m. Moscow time (7:30 p.m. GMT - TASS) on January 2, yet another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on facilities on Russian soil with the use of Olkha multiple rocket launchers and Tochka-U missiles was thwarted. [Russian] air defense forces on duty destroyed two Tochka-U missiles and seven Olkha MLRS rockets over the Belgorod Region," the ministry said.