Ukraine Attacked the Russian Region of Bryansk With U.S.-Made Missiles
A long-range missile. X/ @BRICSinfo
November 19, 2024 Hour: 10:13 am
Previously, the U.S., France, and the U.K. authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles against targets located within Russia.
In the early hours of Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Ukraine attacked a facility in the Bryansk region with six ballistic missiles.
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The weapons used in the attack were ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles, which the United States, France, and the United Kingdom authorized for use against military targets located within Russia.
As a result of the anti-missile defense efforts, combat units from the S-400 air defense system and the Pantsir air defense system intercepted five missiles and partially damaged one.
Fragments from the damaged missile fell within the technical area of a military facility in the Bryansk region, causing a fire that was quickly extinguished. No fatalities were reported following the attack.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new nuclear doctrine allowing the use of nuclear weapons in response to conventional attacks that threaten the sovereignty of Russia and Belarus.
“The decision to use nuclear weapons is made by the President of the Russian Federation,” the document states, referring to Putin, who also serves as the supreme commander of the Armed Forces.
The doctrine, which replaces the version enacted in 2020, authorizes a nuclear strike if an enemy’s conventional attack poses “a critical threat to the sovereignty and/or territorial integrity” of the countries comprising the Russia-Belarus Union State. It also considers an “aggregate attack” to include aggression by a non-nuclear country that is supported—whether directly involved or not—by a nuclear power.
“An attack by any state belonging to a military coalition against the Russian Federation and/or its allies is viewed as aggression by the coalition as a whole,” it declares.
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE
