Geez, Louise - The Boys in Blue and Gold didn't waste any time getting down to business with Uncle Sam's purtiest little Putin pasters, blasting away at a "military facility in the Bryansk region" with a half-dozen U.S. supplied missiles. Team Crazy Ivan denies any damage done, of course - and has promised nuclear retaliation should they so happen to be inclined, since this evidently says to a "certain someone's" sensibilities that the West is "all in" and effectively at war with Russia.
Will rockets remorselessly rain down on Russia ?
Will Putin pop the "Red Pill" ?
Looks like this painfully protracted punch-up could get HOT, HOT, HOT sports fans !
Ukraine hits Russia with US ATACMS missiles for first time on war's 1,000th day
Will rockets remorselessly rain down on Russia ?
Will Putin pop the "Red Pill" ?
Looks like this painfully protracted punch-up could get HOT, HOT, HOT sports fans !
Ukraine hits Russia with US ATACMS missiles for first time on war's 1,000th day
KYIV, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Ukraine used U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday, taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on the war's 1,000th day.
Russia said its forces shot down five of six missiles fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region. Debris of one hit the facility, starting a fire that was swiftly put out and caused no casualties or damage, it said.
Ukraine said it struck a Russian arms depot about 110 km (70 miles) inside Russia, an attack that caused secondary explosions. Ukraine's military did not publicly specify the weapons used, but a Ukrainian government source and a U.S. official confirmed it had used ATACMS.
A U.S. official said Russia intercepted two of eight missiles and that the strike was at an ammunition supply point.
Biden gave approval this week for Ukraine to use ATACMS, the longest-range missiles Washington has supplied, for such attacks inside Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the use of ATACMS was a clear signal the West wanted to escalate the conflict.