The overnight strike was Ukraine’s first known use of the U.S.-made weapon, which Kyiv had been requested for more than a year.
United States and South Korean troops firing the Army Tactical Missile System and South Korea's Hyunmoo Missile II, into the waters of the East Sea, off South Korea, on July 5, 2017. 8th On Tuesday, Ukraine used ATACMS to hit a Russian weapons depot. KYIV — Ukraine’s military fired a version of U.S.
Ukraine’s special operations forces confirmed in a Telegram message on Tuesday that they had carried out an overnight operation called “Dragonfly” overnight in Berdyansk and the occupied Luhansk region resulting in “significant losses” on the Russian side.Nine helicopters, an antiaircraft missile launcher, an ammunition warehouse and various special equipment being held on airfields was destroyed, the message said. The Ukrainian claim could not be independently verified.
Ukraine had long lobbied for the weapons — pronounced attack-ems — which would also potentially allow for further strikes inside the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea.
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