Russia vows response after Ukraine used US-made ATACMS to strike airfield


  • World
  • Wednesday, 11 Dec 2024

Flames and smoke rise from an oil depot in Bryansk Bryansk Region Russia released on December 11 2024 in still image obtained from social media video. SOCIAL MEDIAvia REUTERS

Flames and smoke rise from an oil depot in Bryansk, Bryansk Region, Russia, released on December 11, 2024, in still image obtained from social media video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that Ukraine had struck a military airfield on the Azov Sea with six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, a move that could prompt Moscow to launch another experimental intermediate-range hypersonic missile at Ukraine.

Russia's defence ministry said two of the missiles fired by Ukraine were shot down by a Pantsir missile defence system and the rest were destroyed by electronic warfare.

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