MOSCOW, Dec 30, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - A Ukrainian strike on a residential building 
in the city of Belgorod left one person dead while a total of 32 drones were 
intercepted overnight including in the Moscow region, Russian authorities 
said.

The strike on Belgorod, which is close to the border, killed one person and 
wounded four others, Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said, 
adding that the city's water supply system was damaged in Friday's attack.

The Russian defence ministry said air defence systems destroyed a total of 13 
missiles over the region, which borders Ukraine.

Separately, the ministry said 32 drones had been intercepted and destroyed in 
the border regions of Bryansk and Kursk and also in Oryol and the Moscow 
region.

Bryansk governor Alexander Bogomaz had reported the destruction of a "drone-
type aircraft" above the regional capital.

Belgorod city is 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the Ukrainian city of 
Kharkiv, which was heavily hit by Russian forces on Friday morning according 
to Ukrainian authorities.

At least 30 people were killed and more than 160 wounded in Ukraine on Friday 
in a series of Russian strikes across the country, according to Kyiv.