Russia condemns first attack on Ukrainian forces using US missiles
November 19, 2024
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[Síguenos ahora también en WhatsApp. Da clic aquí] The Ministry of Defense assured that The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Bryans area at night with ATACMS long-range missilesA few
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The Ministry of Defense assured that The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Bryans area at night with ATACMS long-range missilesA few days after the US government gave the green light for the use of these projectiles outside of Ukraine.
The ministry reported the shot around 3:25 a.m. (local time). at least six missiles, five of them were shot down by Russian air defense systems. No one was injured in the attack, although The rocket debris actually fell on a military facility and caused a fire. According to the official version from Moscow, collected by the TASS agency.
Over the weekend, the Joe Biden administration withdrew its veto the use of ATACMS for attacks on targets inside Russia, which opened up a new range of potential operations for Ukrainian forces, given that these missiles have a range of up to 300 kilometers.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, today approved a nuclear doctrine that allows you to respond with nuclear weapons to conventional attacks which threaten the sovereignty of Russia and Belarus.
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The doctrine authorizes a nuclear attack if a conventional attack by the enemy leads to “critical threat to sovereignty and (or) territorial integrity” both countries that are members of the State Union of Russia and Belarus.
The document also will consider the aggression of a country that does not have atomic weapons a “joint attack”, but it has the support of a nuclear power.
The doctrine, published on the legal information portal of the Russian state, expands the category of military alliances against which Russia will use a strategy of nuclear deterrence.
“Aggression of any state that is part of a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies The coalition as a whole views this as aggression,” he notes.
These last two points are considered by analysts as a clear warning to the United States and NATO, in case they decide to directly intervene in the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia may resort to nuclear weapons also in the case of a “massive attack” using combat aircraft, cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons, drones and other unmanned devices violating the country’s airspace.
For the first time, the document speaks not only about enemy aviation and hypersonic weapons, but also about drones – weapons of war that have has gained great popularity in recent years.
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At the same time, the doctrine emphasizes that Russia considers nuclear weapons as a defensive “tool of deterrence”, the use of which is an “extreme and forced measure.”
Putin announced changes to nuclear doctrine at the end of September, but He accepted it immediately after 1,000 days of fighting in Ukraine had passed.
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In addition, this announcement occurred after the United States, according to Western press reports, allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russian territory.
Putin, who approved the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the war began, warned that this decision This would mean that the US and NATO are “at war with Russia.”
(according to information from Europe Press And EFE)
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