Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone over the Moscow Region and intercepted another one in the Leningrad Region, the Russian defense ministry said.
"At about 1:30 a.m. Moscow time (10:30 p.m. GMT) on January 18, the Kiev regime’s attempted terrorist attack on facilities in Russia’s territory with the use of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle was thwarted. One Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the Moscow Region and another one was intercepted over the Leningrad Region," it said.
A woman was injured by shrapnel during the morning Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s Belgorod and the Belgorod district, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
"Clarified information on the morning shelling of Belgorod and the Belgorod district by the Ukrainian military. Following the repelling by air defenses of a Ukrainian attack there is a casualty: a woman has a shrapnel wound of the right knee joint. She was taken by ambulance to the Belgorod city hospital. She is receiving all necessary medical care," the regional head wrote on his Telegram channel.
Residents of the Russian city of Belgorod have been warned about missile attack threats, governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
"A missile attack warning has been issued in Belgorod. If you are at home, please don’t come close to windows, hide in premises without windows with solid walls (a corridor, bathroom, toilet or a backroom). If you are outside, proceed to a bomb shelter or any other safe place," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
