On January 5, around 12:30 p.m. Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime was thwarted to carry out an attack on targets in the Russian Federation with the use of a Neptune anti-ship missile, TASS reported citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

“Air defense systems on duty detected the Ukrainian missile and eliminated it over the northwestern waters of the Black Sea,” the military agency added. Russian officials have blamed Kyiv for plotting acts of sabotage targeting the country’s major infrastructure sites, including nuclear power plants.