30.04.2024.
19:15
Falling like confetti: Russians shot down American missiles that were secretly delivered to Ukraine PHOTO
Russia announced today that its air defense systems shot down six US-made tactical missile systems (ATACMS) launched by Ukraine in the last 24 hours.
Washington has secretly supplied long-range missiles to Kyiv as part of a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that US President Joseph Biden approved on March 12, a US official said last week.
Sending missiles with a range of up to 300 km has been the subject of debate in the Biden administration for months.
The ATACMS medium-range missiles were delivered last September. The Russian Defense Ministry did not say where the missiles were shot down.
"Ten Ukrainian drones, six ATACMS tactical missiles manufactured by the United States and two guided aerial bombs 'Hummer' manufactured by France were shot down by air defense," the Russian Ministry announced.
Sergei Aksyonov, the leader of Crimea, said the ATACMS missiles were shot down over the peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
He posted a photo on Telegram showing what he described as an unexploded ATACMS missile submunition, but did not specify how many missiles were shot down.
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