A missile in the sky over Ukraine. Pravda photo.
Sharing about the latest Russian airstrike, the Ukrainian Air Force said on January 18: “The Ukrainian Air Force and the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 22 Russian drones. Some drones The driver has not yet reached the target.”
According to Pravda, the Russians launched drones from the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Kursk Oblast at targets in Ukraine. In addition, the Russians also attacked Kharkov with two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles launched from Belgorod.
The main areas of attack are southern and northern Ukraine.
Ukraine’s air defense units, mobile firing groups and electronic warfare vehicles participated in repelling the attack.
Ukrainian air defense systems responded in Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
Meanwhile, authorities in the Russian city of Belgorod reported a missile threat in the city on the morning of January 18 and advised residents to stay home. The air strike warning was only in effect for 20 minutes, after which local authorities announced that air defense systems had intercepted 10 missiles fired from Ukraine into the area.
Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed on Telegram that an air strike warning had been issued in Belgorod, urging people outdoors to take shelter or go to another safe place.
Mr. Gladkov also confirmed that 10 missiles were intercepted in the sky over the area. In addition, drones were intercepted by Russia in the Moscow and Leningrad provinces of Russia on the night of January 17-18.
Pravda cited a source in the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Force as saying that on the night of January 17-18, there was an attack on an oil depot in Russia’s Leningrad province by a Ukrainian drone. According to Pravda, this is a special operation of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency.
“Now, military facilities in St Petersburg and Leningrad province are within reach of Ukrainian forces,” the source told Pravda.