Russia vowed on Saturday to retaliate after it accused Ukraine of firing US-supplied ATACMS missiles at the border region of Belgorod the previous day.<\/p>\n
Outgoing US President Joe Biden authorised Kyiv to use long-range weapons against Russia last year, in a move the Kremlin denounced as a grave escalation of the nearly three-year conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile strike against the Belgorod region using US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles,\u201d the Russian defence ministry said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation,\u201d it added, saying all the missiles were shot down.<\/p>\n
The ministry said earlier that air defences downed eight ATACMS missiles in total, without saying when or where.<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened last year to strike central Kyiv with a hypersonic ballistic missile if Ukraine continued hitting Russian territory with long-range Western weapons.<\/p>\n
US President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview last month he was \u201cvery vehemently\u201d opposed to Ukraine using the arms, which he said were \u201cescalating\u201d the conflict.<\/p>\n
Both Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of fatal attacks on civilians since the year began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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