Ukraine carried out its largest aerial attack on Russian territory of the nearly three-year war overnight, Kyiv said on Tuesday, hitting factories and energy hubs hundreds of miles from the front line.
The Russian military accused Kyiv of using US-and British-supplied missiles for one of the strikes and promised it would “not go unanswered”.
The barrage forced schools in the southwestern Saratov region to close, while at least nine airports in central and western Russia temporarily halted traffic, according to Russian officials.
Russian air defense systems shot down six ATACMS missiles, six Storm Shadow missiles and 31 drones launched by Ukraine over the Bryansk region and Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry added.
ReplyDeleteThe Ukrainian army’s overnight attack with American and British-made long-range missiles on Russia’s Bryansk Region will trigger retaliation, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
ReplyDelete"The actions by the Kiev regime supported by Western handlers will trigger retaliation," the ministry said in a statement.
Last night, Ukraine delivered a missile strike at facilities in the Bryansk Region by six US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, six British-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles and 31 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, it specified.
The debris of destroyed Ukrainian missiles damaged civilian properties in the Bryansk district and in the town of Seltso. One home was completely destroyed and 42 households damaged, said the Bryansk Region’s Governor Alexander Bogomaz on his Telegram channel.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defenses downed six US-made ATACMS tactical missiles, six British made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles and 31 unmanned aircraft-type drones.