IN Ministry of Defense The Russian Federation reported that the day before air defense systems intercepted Vilkha missiles and most of the Vampire MLRS rockets, several rockets and cluster parts from the downed Vilkha missiles hit Belgorod. As noted in the military department, in the event of a direct hit by the Vilkha MLRS cluster munitions on Belgorod, and not their fragments, there would be disproportionately more casualties among the civilian population. The Ministry of Defense also indicated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a strike on Belgorod in an attempt to divert attention from defeats at the front and provoke Russian troops into similar actions; the strike on Belgorod will not go unpunished.