Moscow plans to buy short-range ballistic missiles from Iran that would make it better able to inflict damage on Ukrainian infrastructure, The Wall Street journal reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. According to newspaper’s sources, Moscow first set its sights on the weapons in mid-December 2023, when Russian delegates made a previously unreported visit to an Iranian Aerospace Force facility in Tehran. One U.S.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, said that Russian air defenses repelled 10 “aerial targets” in the area on Thursday. Two people were reported hospitalized with injuries from falling debris. Explosions from the collisions shattered windows in multiple buildings and damaged more than 30 vehicles. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that air defenses shot down 10 Vilkha missiles over the Belgorod region at around 11:40 p.m.

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Russian air defense forces shot down 10 air targets over Belgorod and the Belgorod region, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov . According to preliminary data, two people were injured. According to Gladkov, one of the victims had a shrapnel wound to the forearm, and the second had a shrapnel wound to the lower leg. Both were taken to the hospital. The shell explosion shattered windows in several apartments in residential buildings in the city.

Russia’s Defense Ministry says air defenses shot down a Ukrainian S-200 anti-aircraft missile “converted to hit ground targets” over Russia’s Lipetsk region. The ministry did not report any damage. Earlier, Lipetsk governor Igor Artamonov said that a Ukrainian drone was detected in the region. Artamonov reported that there were no injuries and no damage to infrastructure. He did not report about a missile attack. Ukraine has not commented on the reported missile attack.

The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian S-200 anti-aircraft missile, “converted to hit ground targets,” over the territory of the Lipetsk region. There were no reports of damage from the attack. Earlier, the governor of the Lipetsk region, Igor Artamonov , said that a Ukrainian drone, neutralized by electronic warfare, was discovered in the Lipetsk region. There were no casualties or damage to infrastructure, Artamonov wrote.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the explosions in the Iranian city of Kerman near the grave of General Qasem Soleimani, which killed more than 80 people, Reuters and Al Arabiya reported, citing a statement from the group on Telegram. The statement said the attack on the cemetery was carried out by two suicide bombers who detonated explosive belts in a crowd of people gathered to mark the anniversary of Soleimani's death.

Russia plans to purchase short-range ballistic missiles from Iran, which will expand Moscow's ability to damage Ukrainian infrastructure, The Wall Street Journal writes , citing several American officials. According to the newspaper’s interlocutors, Moscow’s desire to purchase weapons from Iran appeared in mid-December 2023, when representatives of the Russian delegation visited a test site in Tehran, where they were shown Ababil short-range missiles.

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) says that a Su-34 bomber plane caught on fire at the Shagol military airfield in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk overnight on January 4. According to the GUR, the plane belonged to the Russian Air Forces’ 21st Mixed Aviation Division. The GUR’s accounts posted a video of the burning bomber, which shows flames engulfing the bottom part of the plane. The extent of the damage is unclear.

But the US judicial system revealed these materials for the first time US Attorney Office / Zuma Press Wire / Scanpix / Leta Jeffrey Epstein and Gisley Maxwell in a private aircraft in a photo seized in the Epstein mansion, the year is unknown The Federal District Court of Manhattan on Wednesday, January 3, published several hundred pages of documents from the case of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of trafficking in people with the aim of sexualized exploitation and committed suicide

The most detailed analysis of scripts of 2024 Oleg Petrasyuk / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Ukrainian soldier uses a laser sight during air anxiety in the Kyiv region. December 29, 2023 According to the beginning of the year, the Russian army is trying to advance throughout the front and in many directions has obvious successes.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that it repelled a Ukrainian missile attack on Crimea. According to the ministry, Russian air defense forces shot down ten aircraft-guided missiles over the occupied peninsula. At around 4:40 p.m. local time, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, reported that an air raid alert was in effect in the city. An hour later , he said that Russian forces had shot down “several aerial targets” over Sevastopol.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the suppression of an attempted attack on Crimea by Ukrainian forces. The department said that Russian air defense forces shot down ten aircraft guided missiles over the peninsula. At around 16:40 Moscow time, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported an air raid signal in the city, and an hour later, an air attack repelled by Ukrainian forces.

On the morning of January 4, Russian troops attacked two energy infrastructure facilities with missiles in the city of Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovograd region, said the head of the regional military administration, Andrei Raikovich. As a result of falling debris, one person was killed and eight others were injured, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations (SSES) reported . Raikovich clarifies that the deceased was a car mechanic.

Explosions were organized on the anniversary of the murder of General Suleimani. Tehran directly accuses Israel. How will this affect the Middle East? Tasnim News Agency / EPA / Scanpix / Leta damaged cars and injured people near the place of explosions in the Iranian city of Kerman. January 3, 2024 On January 3, in the Iranian city of Kerman , next to the cemetery, where the General of the Corps of the Islamic Revolution of Kasem Suleimani was buried, two explosions occurred.