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Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields and thanks US for providing long-range missiles
KYIV: Ukraine on Tuesday claimed to have carried out one of the crucial harmful assaults on Russian air belongings for the reason that starting of the struggle, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the assault used longer-range ballistic missiles donated by america.
Zelenskyy’s announcement got here hours after a US official revealed that the longer-range ballistic missiles hunted for months by Kyiv and promised by President Joe Biden had been delivered quietly and are in battlefield use.
Ukraine’s Particular Operations Forces claimed it destroyed 9 Russian helicopters at two airfields in Russia-occupied areas in a nighttime assault on targets in jap and southern Ukraine.
It additionally hit army gear, an air-defense system, ammunition warehouses and runways, an announcement stated. Dozens of Russian army personnel had been injured within the assault codenamed Operation Dragonfly, it stated.
A US official stated america had made good on a promise by Biden to his Ukrainian counterpart final month that it could present the Military Tactical Missile System, generally known as ATACMS.
Zelenskyy provided “particular thanks” to america for sending the ATACMS. “Our agreements with President Biden are being applied,” Zelenskyy stated in his ordinary night handle to the nation, saying the ATACMS “have confirmed themselves.”
The weapons growth piles strain on the Kremlin as either side search for battlefield benefits forward of winter and what’s shaping up as a protracted struggle of attrition.
Whereas some variations of the missiles can go so far as about 180 miles (300 kilometers), the official stated those that went to Ukraine have a shorter vary and carry cluster munitions, making them appropriate for assaults on airfields.
The Ukrainian assertion didn’t say how the targets had been hit. Russian authorities didn’t touch upon the report. It was not instantly potential to confirm the 2 sides’ battlefield claims.
The airfields, within the Luhansk and Berdyansk areas, are positioned behind the entrance line. The Russian army apparently thought that they had been at a secure distance from Ukrainian assaults.
In the meantime, Russia is throwing extra models into its effort to take a key jap Ukraine metropolis, Western analysts say, after obvious setbacks which have slowed its dayslong onslaught.
The try and storm Avdiivka, a closely defended metropolis that stands in the best way of Moscow’s ambition of securing management of the whole Donetsk area, is Moscow’s most important offensive operation in Ukraine for the reason that begin of the yr, the UK protection ministry stated Tuesday.
The Kremlin’s push to assert Avdiivka comes after months of keeping off Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which Kyiv launched some 16 months after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The Russian forces deployed to Avdiivka are possible making gradual progress and sustaining excessive casualties in what’s proving a pricey effort, the UK protection ministry stated on X, the social media platform previously generally known as Twitter.
The tempo of Russia’s assault on the closely fortified goal has reportedly slowed in latest days since its launch final week, a Washington-based assume tank stated.
Russian officers made no quick touch upon developments round Avdiivka.
Citing the Ukrainian Basic Workers, the Institute for the Research of Struggle stated Ukrainian forces pushed again 22 Russian assaults on Monday, down from 30 reported assaults yesterday. Kyiv officers stated Russia mounted as much as 60 assaults per day in the course of final week.
The Ukrainian protection ministry stated Tuesday that Russia is however nonetheless trying to encircle the town, with 10 assaults over the earlier 24 hours.
The UK protection ministry stated Russia’s effort to overrun Avdiivka “appears to be like more and more unlikely within the quick time period.”
Zelenskyy’s announcement got here hours after a US official revealed that the longer-range ballistic missiles hunted for months by Kyiv and promised by President Joe Biden had been delivered quietly and are in battlefield use.
Ukraine’s Particular Operations Forces claimed it destroyed 9 Russian helicopters at two airfields in Russia-occupied areas in a nighttime assault on targets in jap and southern Ukraine.
It additionally hit army gear, an air-defense system, ammunition warehouses and runways, an announcement stated. Dozens of Russian army personnel had been injured within the assault codenamed Operation Dragonfly, it stated.
A US official stated america had made good on a promise by Biden to his Ukrainian counterpart final month that it could present the Military Tactical Missile System, generally known as ATACMS.
Zelenskyy provided “particular thanks” to america for sending the ATACMS. “Our agreements with President Biden are being applied,” Zelenskyy stated in his ordinary night handle to the nation, saying the ATACMS “have confirmed themselves.”
The weapons growth piles strain on the Kremlin as either side search for battlefield benefits forward of winter and what’s shaping up as a protracted struggle of attrition.
Whereas some variations of the missiles can go so far as about 180 miles (300 kilometers), the official stated those that went to Ukraine have a shorter vary and carry cluster munitions, making them appropriate for assaults on airfields.
The Ukrainian assertion didn’t say how the targets had been hit. Russian authorities didn’t touch upon the report. It was not instantly potential to confirm the 2 sides’ battlefield claims.
The airfields, within the Luhansk and Berdyansk areas, are positioned behind the entrance line. The Russian army apparently thought that they had been at a secure distance from Ukrainian assaults.
In the meantime, Russia is throwing extra models into its effort to take a key jap Ukraine metropolis, Western analysts say, after obvious setbacks which have slowed its dayslong onslaught.
The try and storm Avdiivka, a closely defended metropolis that stands in the best way of Moscow’s ambition of securing management of the whole Donetsk area, is Moscow’s most important offensive operation in Ukraine for the reason that begin of the yr, the UK protection ministry stated Tuesday.
The Kremlin’s push to assert Avdiivka comes after months of keeping off Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which Kyiv launched some 16 months after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The Russian forces deployed to Avdiivka are possible making gradual progress and sustaining excessive casualties in what’s proving a pricey effort, the UK protection ministry stated on X, the social media platform previously generally known as Twitter.
The tempo of Russia’s assault on the closely fortified goal has reportedly slowed in latest days since its launch final week, a Washington-based assume tank stated.
Russian officers made no quick touch upon developments round Avdiivka.
Citing the Ukrainian Basic Workers, the Institute for the Research of Struggle stated Ukrainian forces pushed again 22 Russian assaults on Monday, down from 30 reported assaults yesterday. Kyiv officers stated Russia mounted as much as 60 assaults per day in the course of final week.
The Ukrainian protection ministry stated Tuesday that Russia is however nonetheless trying to encircle the town, with 10 assaults over the earlier 24 hours.
The UK protection ministry stated Russia’s effort to overrun Avdiivka “appears to be like more and more unlikely within the quick time period.”
