Ukraine: Attacked in Russia with Atacms

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Ukraine: Attacked in Russia with Atacms
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Ukraine says it has used American Atacms missiles against Russian targets. According to the Reuters news agency, this is the first time the country has said it has used the US-supplied missile type against targets in Russia.

The use of long-range missiles, including systems such as Atacms, will continue, the military announced, according to the Ukrainian news agency RBC .

On Tuesday, Russian Telegram channels reported attacks on Voronezh in southwestern Russia, and Russia stated that it had destroyed Atacms robots, writes RBC.

Former US President Joe Biden approved Ukraine's use of Atacms missiles towards the end of his term, but after Donald Trump took office, requirements for US approval for Ukrainian cross-border attacks were introduced.

According to the Wall Street Journal, that decision-making mandate was recently transferred to the top US general in Europe, also NATO's commander in Europe, Alexus Grynkewich. It is after that that Ukraine was given the green light to use the weapons, according to the newspaper's sources.

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