MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military fired some 25 rounds of munitions at Russia’s borderline Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.

"Air defenses downed ten aerial targets in Belgorod. Falling fragments shattered the windows of four apartments in multi-family buildings and two private houses, damaging three household buildings, six cars and a gas pipeline," he noted.

Air defenses also shot down aerial targets over the Belgorod District; two men and a woman suffered injuries. "Damage to five private houses and 11 cars was reported on January 9 following the activation of air defenses. A private house, three cars and a power line suffered damage in the Dubovskoye settlement; an apartment building was damaged in the Streletskoye settlement, a garage was damaged in the Tavrovskoye settlement and a car suffered damage in the Krutologskoye settlement," the governor specified.

In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces attacked the villages of Zhuravlyovka and Nekhoteyevka in the Belgorodsky District with drones on Monday and fired an artillery shell at Nekhoteyevka.

The Nizhniye Melnitsy farming community came under mortar fire in the Valuisky District, where ten shells were fired. Ten artillery shells were fired at the town of Shebekino in the Shebekinsky District, and four mortar shells at the village of Terezovka. "No casualties or damage were reported in the district," Gladkov noted.

The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier that ten Ukrainian RM-70 Vampire rockets had been destroyed over the Belgorod Region.