Ukraine used British long-range Storm Shadow missiles against Russian territory for the first time, after obtaining permission from London, British media reported on Wednesday.
Strikes which occur the day after the similar launch of American ATACMS missiles.
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US EMBASSY
The United States Embassy in kyiv resumes operations on Thursday after being briefly closed on Wednesday due to threats of attack, the State Department announced.
The embassy had specified on its website that it had received “precise information concerning a possible significant air attack on November 20” and therefore decided to temporarily cease its activities.
BRITISH MISSILES
The Ukrainian army fired British long-range Storm Shadow missiles for the first time to reach Russia after obtaining the green light from the United Kingdom, British media reported on Wednesday.
Several missiles were launched at at least one Russian military target, reports the Financial Times, citing three anonymous sources including a Western official informed of the strike.
Contacted by AFP, neither Downing Street nor the British Ministry of Defense confirmed this information.
kyiv hits Russia with Storm ShadowsSource : TF1 Info
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that the antipersonnel mines, which Washington decided to supply to kyiv, attracting criticism from specialized organizations, were “very important” to stop the advance of the Russian army in eastern Ukraine. The Head of State welcomed the payment of a new tranche of American military aid including antipersonnel mines “very important (…) to stop the Russian assaults”.
Moscow soldiers advance against fewer and less well-armed Ukrainian troops. kyiv is observing this movement with heightened concern since Donald Trump’s victory in the American presidential election in November. Ukraine fears that its return to the White House in January will lead to a drop in crucial US aid and that the new US administration will ask kyiv to make territorial concessions to Russia.
The United States’ decision to deliver antipersonnel mines to Ukraine was due to a shift in Russia’s battlefield tactics, with Russia increasingly favoring infantry, the U.S. Secretary of State said Wednesday. Lloyd Austin Defense. Ukrainians “need things that can help slow down this effort on the part of the Russians”he added.
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