Gladkov reported shooting down air targets on approach to Belgorod

Air defense forces destroyed air targets on the approach to Belgorod. This was reported by the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov on December 9.

"Over Belgorod and Belgorod district our air defense system worked - air targets on the approach to the city were shot down," he wrote in his Telgram-channel.

Gladkov pointed out that there was no information about casualties and serious damage.

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Earlier, on December 8, the Russian Defense Ministry said that air defense forces shot down five drones over the Belgorod region and the Black Sea. The attacks were foiled between 14:30 and 14:55.

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