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Mere days ago, in a significant policy shift weeks ahead of his retirement, Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia. Now, the Associated Press reports that Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming Ukraine launched six U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles at Russia’s Bryansk region on Tuesday.
UkraineclaimedithitamilitaryweaponsdepotinBryanskinthemiddleofthenight,thoughitdidn’tspecifywhatweaponsitused.TheUkrainianGeneralStaffsaidthatmultipleexplosionsanddetonationwereheardinthetargetedarea.
InastatementcarriedbyRussiannewsagencies,theRussianDefenseMinistrysaidthemilitaryshotdownfiveArmyTacticalMissileSystem,knownasATACMS,anddamagedonemore.
Thefragmentsfellontheterritoryofanunspecifiedmilitaryfacility,theministrysaid.Thefallingdebrissparkedafire,butdidn’tinflictanydamageorcasualties,itsaid.
Neitherside’sclaimscouldbeindependentlyverified.
TheannouncementcameafterBidenauthorizedUkrainetouseU.S.-suppliedmissilestostrikedeeperinsideRussia,easinglimitat
