"On March 15, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on targets on the territory of Russia using the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system was stopped at about 08:15 Moscow time [05:15 GMT]. On-duty air defense systems destroyed seven missiles in the air over the Belgorod Region," the ministry said in a statement.
As Sputnik earlier explained, the Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (or VAMPIRE for short) is essentially a portable kit capable of firing 70mm laser-guided rockets such as, for example, the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System.
Three Children Killed as Result of Night Shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian Troops
Three children were killed as a result of a night shelling of the Petrovskyi district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, Donetsk Mayor Alexey Kulemzin said on Friday, adding that a shell hit a private house.
"As a result of the barbaric night shelling by Ukrainian ... [military] of the Petrovskyi district of our city, a shell hit one of the private sector houses ... followed by a fire. Three children died — a girl born in 2007, a girl born in 2021 and a boy born in 2014," Kulemzin wrote on Telegram.