Russia says it shot down four US-made long-range missiles over Crimea

Vladimir Putin speaks with the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, via video link last month. On Saturday the Russia n defence ministry said it shot down four so-called ATACMS missiles over Crimea that had been recently shipped by the US to Ukraine.

A US official said in Washington last month that the United States secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine in recent weeks.Planning rules around modular homes may be changed to fast-track refugee accommodationThe ATACMS missiles, with a range up to 300km were used for the first time in the early hours of April 17th, launched against a Russian airfield in Crimea that was about 165km from the Ukrainian front lines, the official said.

Separately on Saturday, the Russian defence ministry said that in the last week its forces had destroyed a military train carrying equipment and arms produced in the West and supplied to Ukraine by Nato.Reuters is not immediately able to corroborate battlefield accounts from either side.’s,four-month long military exercises near Russia’s borders, known as Steadfast Defender, are proof the alliance is preparing for a potential conflict with Russia.

“Right now, Nato’s largest exercise since the cold war, Steadfast Defender, is taking place near Russia’s borders. According to their scenario, coalition’s actions against Russia are being practised using all the instruments, including hybrid and conventional weapons,” she said in a statement.Relations between Russia and the West have been at their most hostile in decades following the start of Russia’s military conflict in Ukraine in 2022.

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