Kiev has targeted a military airfield near the city of Taganrog, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said
Ukrainian forces fired a barrage of six US-made ATACMS missiles at a military airfield near the southern Russian city of Taganrog, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, vowing retaliation for the attack.
ATACMS is a long-range, guided missile that gives commanders the immediate firepower to shape the battlespace. Each ATACMS missile is packaged in a look-alike MLRS launch pod and fired from the MLRS family of launchers.
Update:Β 11:56Β Β ESTΒ 11-12-24
Just In: Ukrainian forces fired a barrage of six US-made ATACMS missiles at a military airfield near the southern Russian city of Taganrog, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, vowing retaliation for the attack. Two of the missiles were shot down, while the other four were affected by electronic warfare measures and veered off course, the ministry said in a statement. The attack inflicted minor damage on the airfield, with two administrative buildings and a number of cars hit with shrapnel.
Just In: βThis attack by Western long-range weapons will not go unanswered, and appropriate measures will be taken,β it said without providing further details.
Just In: Kiev’s attack using the ATACMS missiles on Russia’s Taganrog military airfield will not go unanswered and measures will be taken, the ministry added.
Just In: Images circulating online show the booster part of an ATACMS missile lying in a street in Taganrog. While the Russian military has not elaborated, the missiles used in the attack likely included cluster warheads, images from the scene suggest.
Just In: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that authorizing these strikes would drastically change the nature of the conflict and would be tantamount to direct NATO involvement.
Ukraine strikes Russia with US-made ATACMS missiles pic.twitter.com/3m7O3ppkAX
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