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The Russian Ministry of Defense assured today that its air defense systems They shot down two British long-range Storm Shadow missiles.

The military report does not specify where the missiles were shot down. first used against targets on Russian territory by the Ukrainian army.

The British press reported on Wednesday that Kyiv was the first to use long-range Storm Shadow missiles supplied by the UK. with which he would strike the Kursk region.

Russian military bloggers also posted messages on their Telegram channels. several images with fragments of one of the missiles.

Meanwhile, two days ago Russia confirmed the first attack by Ukraine on its territory. American-made ATACMS ballistic missiles.

According to the military, five ATACMS missiles were shot down, and fragments of the sixth hit the territory of a military facility in the Bryansk border region.

Kremlin Today he called the Ukrainian terrorist attacks a “new escalation” carried out this week against targets in Russia using Western missiles.

“A new escalation is taking place. The position of the outgoing administration (in the US) is very irresponsible. “This continues to add fuel to the fire of the conflict,” said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Peskov assured this week, on the thousandth day of fighting in Ukraine, that the Russian military campaign in Ukraine extended due to NATO participation.

President of the United States, Joe Biden has authorized the use of ATACMS strike on Russian territory, after which Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Tuesday new Russian nuclear doctrine allowing the use of atomic weapons against conventional attacks.

The use of Storm Shadows and French Scalp missiles was discussed this week during informal talks between Western officials. on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro this week, according to official sources cited by the newspaper Financial Times.

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Putin has not yet publicly responded to the two attacks. although he warned that the use of long-range missiles against Russian territory would mean that NATO and the US “They are at war with Russia.”

(EFE)