Russias military promised Tuesday to react to new Ukrainian airstrikes versus Russian area supposedly carried out with U.S.-supplied ATACMS rockets, coming a week after the White House provided Kyiv approval to use the weapons on targets inside Russia.Retaliatory actions are being prepared, Russias Defense Ministry stated in a declaration that implicated Ukraine of launching ATACMS strikes on Saturday and Monday, targeting military sites in the southwestern Kursk region.The initially strike on the Vostochny airbase injured two servicemen, the ministry said, while the second damaged a radar system and led to additional injuries.It declared air defenses intercepted the majority of the rockets, shooting down 3 of five in the descent on and 7 of eight in the second.
The military launched images of what it described as rocket pieces bearing English-language markings.The strikes come days after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree reducing the threshold for Moscows nuclear weapon use and purchased the launch of an experimental hypersonic rocket at Ukraine.Moscow has actually repeatedly condemned the U.S.
decision to provide Kyiv with ATACMS, calling it a provocation that runs the risk of further escalation in the war.