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Russia says downed 8 US-supplied ATACMS missiles
By AFP - Jan 04,2025 - Last updated at Jan 04,2025
This handout photo taken on May 25, 2022 and provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul shows a US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) firing a missile from an undisclosed location on South Korea’s east coast during a live-fire exercise aimed to counter North Korea’s missile test (AFP photo)
MOSCOW — Russia said on Saturday it had shot down eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles, whose use Moscow has warned could spark a hypersonic ballistic missile attack on central Kyiv.
ATACMS missiles have a maximum range of 190 miles according to publicly available data.
"Air defence systems downed eight ATACMS US-made missiles and 72 drones," the Russian defence forces told news agencies without specifying whether there were any casualties or damage.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration has supplied long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine which can penetrate inside Russia, provoking retaliation from Moscow which has responded with its new hypersonic missile.
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