Overview
- The defense ministry reported 13 fixed‑wing drones shot down overnight, including four over Rostov, two each over Crimea, Adygea and Kursk, one over Voronezh and two over the Black Sea.
- Officials said air defenses then destroyed six more drones over Rostov Region between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. local time on January 12.
- Belgorod’s governor said roughly 30 drones targeted six border districts over the past day with no preliminary reports of casualties and limited infrastructure damage.
- A day earlier, the ministry said air defenses intercepted two guided aviation bombs and 130 fixed‑wing UAVs in a 24‑hour period.
- Russia states it is conducting precision strikes on Ukrainian military targets in response to drone attacks on its territory.