The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Tuesday a first Ukrainian attack with ballistic missiles American manufacturing ATACMS against a military installation on the territory of that country. According to the war report, five missiles were shot down, although fragments of a sixth projectile hit the premises of a military installation in the border region of Bryansk.
Furthermore, as confirmed by a statement published on a news channel Telegramthe attack was carried out at 3:25 a.m.. “As a result, a fire broke out and was operationally extinguished. There are no deaths or injuries», Specifies the writing.
Before the attack, the Ukrainian general staff had reported, without providing much information on the origin of the weapons, on a “successful” attack on a Russian army arsenal in Bryansk. This attack with this type of missile is due to the fact that the President of the United States, Joe Bidenauthorized Ukraine to use the American country’s missiles against Russia.
Initially, it was reported that authorization to use these projectiles only included the Kursk border regionpartially occupied by Ukrainian troops since August and where Moscow is said to have deployed thousands of North Korean soldiers.
Putin would respond with nuclear weapons
Vladimir Putinthe Russian president approved a decree which makes it possible to respond with nuclear weapons to attacks of Ukrainian origin. The decree, published on the legal documents portal of the Russian authorities, aims to “improving state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence» and envisages its entry into force from the same signature by Poutine.
The leader stressed that the “strategic planning document” includes the “official position on nuclear deterrence, defines the dangers and military threats against which nuclear deterrence is applied” and “guarantees a response to aggression” from a “potential enemy”, whether against Russia or “against its allies”.
“Aggression by any state belonging to a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies This is seen as an attack on the coalition as a whole.», Specifies the writing.
This new measure adopted by the Russian leader comes after the Kremlin warned the United States on Monday of its decision to allow Ukraine to attack Russia with weapons from the American country. According to Putin, this decision would mean that the United States and NATO “They are at war with Russia“.
For his part, the deputy national security adviser of the United States, Jon Finerresponded from the Group of 20 summit in Brazil to Russia’s statements, declaring that “The fire was started by the Russian invasion of Ukraine“, although he refused to publicly confirm the authorization of the weapons.
