Russia says Ukraine fired 6 US-made longer-range missiles at the Bryansk region

Ukraine fired six U.S.-made ATACMS missiles astatine Russia’s Bryansk region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, days after U.S. President Joe Biden eased restrictions on Ukrainian usage of American-made weapons successful the warfare that has reached its 1,000-day milestone.

Ukraine claimed it deed a subject weapons depot successful Bryansk successful the mediate of the night, though it didn’t specify what weapons it used. The Ukrainian General Staff said that aggregate explosions and detonation were heard successful the targeted area.

In a connection carried by Russian quality agencies, the Russian Defense Ministry said the subject changeable down 5 Army Tactical Missile System, known arsenic ATACMS, and damaged 1 more.

The fragments fell connected the territory of an unspecified subject facility, the ministry said. The falling debris sparked a fire, but didn’t inflict immoderate harm oregon casualties, it said.

Neither side’s claims could beryllium independently verified.

The announcement came aft Biden authorized Ukraine to usage U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper wrong Russia, easing limitations on the longer scope weapons aft Russia deployed thousands of North Korean troops successful the conflict.

The graphic shows the long-range U.S. ATACMS rocket strategy components. The U.S. volition let Ukraine to usage American-supplied longer-range weapons to behaviour strikes wrong Russian territory. (AP Digital Embed)

Earlier connected Tuesday, Ukrainian officials reported a 3rd Russian onslaught successful 3 days connected a civilian residential country successful Ukraine killed astatine slightest 12 people, including a child.

The onslaught by a Shahed drone successful the bluish Sumy portion precocious Monday deed a dormitory of an acquisition installation successful the municipality of Hlukhiv and wounded 11 others, including 2 children, authorities said, adding that much radical could beryllium trapped nether the rubble.

Ukrainian civilians have repeatedly been clobbered by Russian drones and missiles during the war, portion connected the battlefield it is nether terrible Russian unit astatine places connected the astir 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) beforehand enactment where its service is stretched thin against a bigger adversary.

On Sunday, a Russian ballistic rocket with clump munitions struck a residential country of Sumy successful bluish Ukraine, sidesplitting 11 radical and wounding 84 others. On Monday, a Russian rocket barrage sparked flat fires successful the confederate larboard of Odesa, sidesplitting astatine slightest 10 radical and wounding 43.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the bid of aerial strikes proved that Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn’t funny successful ending the war.

“Each caller onslaught by Russia lone confirms Putin’s existent intentions. He wants the warfare to continue. Talks astir bid are not absorbing to him. We indispensable unit Russia to a conscionable bid by force,” Zelenskyy said.

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