Ukrainian forces used US-supplied ATACMS long-range missiles in an attack on Russia's Belgorod region, prompting a furious response from Moscow. The Kremlin vowed retaliation and threatened to target central Kyiv with a hypersonic missile. This development comes amid escalating tensions in the conflict.
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building hit by a Russian air strike in the village of Svesa, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy region, Ukraine Jan 4, 2025.
(Photo: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Sumy region/Handout via REUTERS)Joe Biden authorised Kyiv to use long-range weapons against Russia 'On January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile strike against the Belgorod region using US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles,' the Russian defence ministry said. 'These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation,' it added, saying all the missiles were shot down. Kyiv's use of the missile systems has infuriated the Kremlin, which has threatened to hit central Kyiv with a hypersonic ballistic missile in response to the strikes. ATACMS missiles have a maximum range of 300 kilometres (190 miles), according to publicly available data. US President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview published last month he was'very vehemently' opposed to Ukraine using the arms, which he said were'escalating' the conflict. In Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian'kamikaze' drone killed a reporter from Russia's Izvestia newspaper as he was travelling on a highway between two Russian-held cities, the paper said. Alexander Martemyanov, who worked freelance for the paper, was returning from covering shelling in the Russian-held city of Gorlivka with colleagues when their car was hit, Russia's state RIA news agency said.Snap Insight: Ukraine’s first strike with US long-range missiles is an astute way of testing RussiaA Russian strike on a village in Ukraine's northeast Kharkiv region earlier on Saturday killed a 74-year-old man, regional governor Oleg Synegubov sai
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