MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces intercepted six Ukrainian Grad rockets over the borderline Belgorod Region on Monday evening, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"At about 9:20 p.m. Moscow time (6:20 p.m. GMT - TASS) on February 26, an attempt by the Kiev regime to conduct a terrorist attack against facilities on Russian soil with the use of six Grad rockets was thwarted. Air defense forces on duty destroyed all six projectiles in the sky over the Belgorod Region," the Russian defense agency added.