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Russia says it downed 10 US-supplied missiles over Crimea

Updated on: 16 May,2024 07:55 AM IST  |  Kyiv
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The ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles were destroyed over the Black Sea, the ministry said.

Russia says it downed 10 US-supplied missiles over Crimea

Multiple strikes in Crimea took place through the night. Pic/X

Russia’s Defence Ministry said that air defences shot down 10 US-supplied Ukrainian missiles targeting the Crimean Peninsula early Wednesday, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spent a second day visiting Kyiv, and Ukraine’s army battled to contain a front-line push by the Kremlin’s forces.


The ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles were destroyed over the Black Sea, the ministry said. The US included the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, in a military aid package in March.


The Ukrainian attack came as Russian troops pressed their offensive in northeast Ukraine’s Kharkiv region that began last week, marking the most significant border incursion since the full-scale invasion began and forcing almost 8,000 local people to flee their homes.


Together with Moscow’s weekslong effort to build on its recent gains in the eastern Donetsk region, the more than two-year war has entered a critical stage for Ukraine’s depleted army. Blinken on Tuesday pledged unceasing US support for the country, during and beyond the war.

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No of people forced to flee homes in Kharkiv

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