In April, Washington announced that it had sent these missiles to Ukraine, which had long requested them in order to be able to strike further behind the front line.
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Russia claimed, on Saturday May 4, to have shot down four ATACMS missiles during the night above the annexed Crimean peninsula. The Ministry of Defense said it had “foiled” a Ukrainian night attack from “operational-tactical missiles”without specifying whether these missiles or the fall of their debris had caused damage.
In April, Washington announced that it had sent these missiles to Ukraine, which had long requested them in order to be able to strike further behind the front line. kyiv used American ATACMS missiles against Russia for the first time in October, but those sent recently have a longer range, reaching a distance of up to 300 km.
Ukraine was seeking to obtain them in order to strike Russian supply routes, warehouses or military HQs further away from the front line. The Kremlin, however, assured that this new delivery would not change anything in the conflict.
