Air defense (air defense) means of Russia shot down 10 shells of the Czech reactive system of volleys (MLRS) Vampire over the Belgorod region.
About this on Monday, March 18 was reported in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“About 08.30 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime has been suppressed to make a terrorist attack on objects in the Russian Federation using the RM-70 Vampire reactive system,- follows from the message.
on duty of the air defense systems in the air above the Belgorod region, ten reactive shells were destroyed, the department noted.
The Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov in the morning, on Monday, on March 18, said that a missile hazard was launched in Belgorod and the Belgorod district.
“If you are at home – do not approach the windows. Hide in rooms without windows with solid walls (corridor, bathroom, toilet, pantry). If you are on the street, go down in a shelter or other safe place,” the said in message in the telegram channel.
Later, the head of the region made another publication in which he said that the missile alarm signal was canceled.
And the Minister of Health of the region Andrei Ikonnikov said that in a week, as a result of shelling, 11 civilians of the Belgorod region were killed, 82 were injured.
“Just a week from March 12 to March 18, we had 93 people injured, 11 of them died,” he said at an operational meeting, losing responsibility for shelling on the Ukrainian army.
Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities do not comment on the accusations.