Belgorod borders Ukraine's Kharkiv region and has repeatedly come under fire since the beginning of Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022.
Russia's defence ministry said it thwarted Ukraine's "terror" attack on its objects by destroying nine missiles of the multiple-launch rocket system called "Uragan" (Hurricane) in the air.NATO member Romania reported a possible violation of its airspace during overnight drone attacks by Russia on infrastructure in neighbouring Ukraine.Since exiting a deal allowing safe grain shipments via the Black Sea, Moscow has ramped up strikes on Ukraine's southern Odesa and Mykolaiv regions, home to vital grain-exporting infrastructure."Following the detection of groups of drones heading towards Ukrainian territory near the Romanian border" residents in the Tulcea and Galati municipalities were alerted, the defence ministry said in a statement."The radar surveillance system indicated possible unauthorised entry into national airspace, with a signal detected on a route towards the municipality of Galati," it added.The defence ministry said that no objects so far appear to have fallen on Romanian territory but the search will continue on Saturday.