On the evening of March 19, Russian air defense forces shot down an S-200 anti-aircraft missile converted to hit ground targets in the Kursk area and also destroyed a missile from the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) over Belgorod. area. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the ministry, Ukraine’s attempt to launch a terrorist attack on targets on Russian territory using these missiles was stopped at around 22:30 Moscow time.
Shortly before this, the Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian air defense forces destroyed 10 MLRS “Vampire” and one “Tochka-U” missile launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region.
March 18 Russian Guards neutralized Drones and quadcopters with which the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) tried to attack one of the enterprises in the Belgorod region.
On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted The possibility of creating a “sanitary zone” in Ukraine, responding to journalists’ question about the possible annexation of the Kharkov region to Russia.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.