MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces destroyed a Tochka-U tactical missile over the borderline Belgorod Region as the Kiev regime attempted to attack facilities on Russian soil, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"At 5:00 a.m. Moscow time (2:00 a.m. GMT) today, an attempt by the Kiev regime to conduct a terror attack on facilities on Russian soil with the use of a Tochka-U missile was thwarted. The Ukrainian missile was destroyed by air defense forces on duty over the Belgorod Region," the ministry said.