Ukrainian missile attack on Russia’s Belgorod Oblast – Russian Defense Ministry claims

8 January 2024, 09:09 AM

Ukraine carried out a missile attack on the Belgorod Oblast of Russia in the morning of Jan. 8, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed.

An attack was carried out with C-200 anti-aircraft missiles refitted to hit ground targets on some facilities in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast was intercepted around 6:00 a.m. EET, Russia’s Defense Ministry alleges.

Russia launched another massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine early on Jan. 8, with reports of explosions in at least five Ukrainian oblasts.

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Explosions were heard in Dnipro, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, and Khmelnystskyi oblasts.

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