A few days after the green light given by the United States to kyiv to strike Russian soil with the long-range missiles delivered to it, this announcement continues to have multiple consequences in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Russia has increased its warnings against Ukraine and the West in recent days. This Wednesday, November 20, 2024, Ukraine denounced “psychological warfare” and used British missiles.
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kyiv on alert, several embassies close
At least five Western embassies, those of the United States, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Greece, announced that they would temporarily close for the day on Wednesday due to a threat of air attack, in the context of increasingly harsh rhetoric from Russia.
Warning sirens sounded in Ukraine's capital and other parts of the country on Wednesday as the Ukrainian Air Force warned of a potential missile attack, says l'AFP.
Ukraine called on Western embassies which closed on Wednesday for fear of Russian bombings not to fuel tension, stressing that the threat of Russian strikes is “daily” in the country since the beginning of the invasion. The closures of diplomatic representations follow a warning from the American embassy, which warned of “possible significant air attack” on Ukraine.
Ukraine denounces “psychological warfare”
Ukraine accused Russia of carrying out a war operation “massive psychological”, after this temporary closure of several Western embassies.
“The terrorist country (Russia) is carrying out a massive information and psychological attack against Ukraine,” Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) said in a statement, citing false messages circulating on social media attributed to the GUR reporting an increased risk of Russian strikes.
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Ukraine launches British missiles into Russia
Ukraine has launched a series of British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles against Russian territory, according to a report from Russian war reporters confirmed to Reuters by a representative on condition of anonymity. Bloomberg or Sky News reported the same information.
But this sending of missiles has not been confirmed, neither by the Ukrainian army, nor by the British army. Britain supplies Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, which it has in the past allowed to use inside Ukrainian territory in the face of Russian assaults. Moscow has warned that using Western weapons to strike inside Russia, far from areas bordering Ukraine, would constitute a major escalation of the conflict.
