Ukraine uses US-supplied missiles on Russian territory, Moscow claims

The Russian Defence Ministry is claiming that Ukraine has launched US-supplied ATACMS missiles at Russian territory for the first time.

In a statement on Telegram, the ministry said Ukraine “struck a facility in the Bryansk region with six ballistic missiles”.

“According to confirmed data, American-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles were used,” the statement said.

Moscow went on to say its air defences had shot down five of the missiles and damaged one more.

“The fragments fell on the technical territory of a military facility in the Bryansk region, causing fire that was quickly extinguished. There was no damage or causalities.” Euronews could not independently confirm these claims.

Several Ukrainian media outlets reported on Tuesday that according to undisclosed military sources, Ukrainian forces had struck a Russian military facility in the Bryansk town of Karachev with US-supplied missiles.

If confirmed, the strike would mark the first case of Ukraine using the US-made and supplied ATACMS missiles on Russian territory since Washington lifted its restrictions few days ago.

Kyiv officials say that Ukraine struck a Russian arms depot around 110km inside Russia, but they have not yet specified what weapons were used.

Earlier, commenting on Washington’s decision to lift its restrictions on the use of ATACMS, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “the missiles will speak for themselves”.

Additional sources • AP