Outgoing US President Joe Biden authorised Kyiv to use long-range weapons against Russia final yr, in a transfer Moscow denounced as a grave escalation of the practically three-year battle.
“On January 3, an try was made out of Ukrainian territory to launch a missile strike towards the Belgorod area utilizing US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles,” the Russian defence ministry mentioned.
“These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will likely be met with retaliation,” it added, saying all of the missiles had been shot down.
Kyiv’s use of the missile methods has infuriated the Kremlin, which has threatened to hit central Kyiv with a hypersonic ballistic missile in response to the strikes.
ATACMS missiles have a most vary of 300 kilometres (190 miles), in accordance with publicly obtainable information.
US President-elect Donald Trump mentioned in an interview printed final month he was “very vehemently” against Ukraine utilizing the arms, which he mentioned had been “escalating” the battle.
