MOSCOW, January 5. /TASS/. Ten Olkha MLRS rockets have been shot down by Russian air defense systems over the Belgorod Region bordering Ukraine, the Russian defense ministry said.

"At around 11:40 p.m. Moscow time (8:40 p.m. GMT) on January 4, the Kiev regime’s attempted terror attack on facilities in Russia’s territory with the use of an Olkha multiple launch rocket system was thwarted. Duty air defense facilities shot down ten rockets over the Belgorod Region," it said.