The Russian defence ministry said on Sunday (May 12) that its air defence forces had destroyed two Soviet-era conventional ballistic missiles launched overnight by Ukrainian forces over the Belgorod region.
Both Ukraine and Russia say they do not target civilians, although many civilians have been killed by both sides in the war. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014 after a pro-Russian president was toppled in Ukraine's Maidan Revolution and Russia annexed Crimea, with Russian-backed separatist forces fighting Ukraine's armed forces.
About 14,000 people were killed there between 2014 and the end of 2021, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), including 3,106 civilians.
Russian forces earlier this month opened a new front in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, which neighbours Russia's Belgorod region which has come under repeated attack from Ukraine by drones, artillery and Ukrainian proxies.
President Vladimir Putin suggested in March that Moscow could try to establish a buffer zone inside Ukrainian territory due to the attacks on Belgorod.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Reuters was unable to immediately verify battlefield accounts from either side.
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