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Ukraine strikes Russia for the first time with long-range missiles

Less than 48 hours after the Government of United States to approve the use by Ukraine of long-range missiles against the territory of the Russian Federation, an attack of Kiev with ATACMS has hit on Tuesday an arsenal of the Russian military logistics center in the border region of Bryansk. Although the Ukrainian Army declined to specify what it shelled with, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that it was carried out with long-range missiles..

The Kremlin has reported the firing at around 3.25 (local time) of at least six missiles, five of which were shot down by defense systems. Russian anti-aircraft defense systems. The attack left no personal injuries, although missile debris did fall on a military installation and caused a fire, according to Moscow’s official version as reported by the TASS agency.

“As of 02.30 this evening, 12 explosions and secondary detonations were recorded in the target area. The destruction of ammunition depots of the Russian occupants’ army will continue in order to stop Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine,” reads the statement of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the attack on the locality of Karachev, more than 100 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

This Sunday several U.S. media reported that Washington had allowed Ukraine to use its ATACMS missiles against military targets located inside Russia. These media pointed out that the White House was only giving Kiev the green light to attack targets located in the Kursk region.partially occupied by Ukrainian forces and where Russia has deployed North Korean military personnel to reinforce its troops in its effort to drive the Ukrainians out.

This airstrike would disprove that the range of action of ATACMS bombing would be only Kursk and opens the door to attacking any Russian region within 300 kilometers of Ukraine.

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