Russia’s conflict of aggression: Moscow threatens to launch US missiles after alleged assault on Kiev | EUROtoday

The Russian army has introduced retaliation after a Ukrainian assault allegedly carried out with long-range Western missiles. The Russian Defense Ministry stated on Telegram that a number of troopers had been injured by the ATACMS rocket shelling of Taganrog Airport, however the injury was minor.

“The current attack with Western long-range weapons will not go unanswered and appropriate measures will be taken,” it continues. Three weeks in the past, Russia fired its new medium-range ballistic missile at Ukraine for the primary time in response to such an assault.

In a brand new incident this morning there have been a number of explosions on the airport within the Rostov area of southern Russia. An influence plant was additionally broken. Kyiv didn’t formally present any details about the weapon used. Local media speculated about the usage of the newly developed Palyanytsya jet-powered drones.

The penalties of the primary use of the Oreshnik rocket had been minor

Russia, which recurrently fires missiles at its neighboring nation’s hinterland, described the lately permitted use of Western missiles towards its personal territory as an escalation. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin described the following shelling of the Ukrainian industrial metropolis of Dnipro with the medium-range missile referred to as Oreshnik as a response.

Putin praised the weapon as distinctive on this planet and comparable in damaging energy to nuclear weapons. The penalties of the shelling had been relatively minor on the time. Putin spoke of a check below fight circumstances.