Russia will retaliate to Ukraine’s ATACMS missile attack on the Taganrog military airfield, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
The Kiev regime delivered a strike by six US-made ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles at the military airfield in Taganrog in southern Russia on the morning of December 11. Two of the missiles were shot down by a Pantsyr air defense system while the others were deflected by electronic warfare systems, the ministry said.
"This attack by Western long-range weapons won’t be left unanswered and corresponding measures will be taken," the ministry said in a statement.
The ATACMS missile fragments that fell on the Taganrog military airfield caused injuries among the personnel and no destruction on the ground, the ministry said.
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Russia could launch another hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine in the coming days, but Washington does not consider the Oreshnik weapon a game-changer in the war, a US official said on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteRussia first fired the Oreshnik missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Nov. 21, in what President Vladimir Putin cast as a response to Ukraine’s first use of US ATACMs ballistic missiles and British Storm Shadows to strike Russian territory with Western permission.
“We assess that the Oreshnik is not a game-changer on the battlefield, but rather just another attempt by Russia to terrorize Ukraine, which will fail,” the official said.
There was no immediate response from Russia.
Минобороны России заявило, что утром было выпущено шесть баллистических ракет ATACMS. Две ракеты сбиты ЗРПК «Панцирь», остальные отклонены средствами РЭБ.
ReplyDeleteОбломки ракет повредили здания на аэродроме, несколько военных и гражданских автомобилей. Есть пострадавшие среди личного состава. Ведомство подчеркнуло, что атака по аэродрому не останется без ответа.