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04/30/2024April 30, 2024
Russia says long-range ATACMS shot down over Crimea
Long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) were shot down over the Moscow-controlled , Russian authorities said on Tuesday.
Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed head of the peninsula, posted on Telegram a photo purportedly showing undetonated submunitions of ATACMS missiles. He did not specify how many missiles had been shot down, or when.
If the information’s accurate, it would be among the first known or suspected Ukrainian uses of this technology. A US official said last week that Ukraine had used them twice following the recent secret shipment from the US.
Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
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04/30/2024April 30, 2024
At least 1 killed in Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukrainian authorities say
An air strike by Russian forces on the killed at least one person and wounded seven others, the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, said on on Tuesday.
The attack was carried out with a glide bomb, Ukrianin officials said, referring to relatively short-range weapons with a flatter and gliding flight path.
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Meanwhile, the death toll from Russia’s missile attack on the southern Ukrainian the day before rose to five, with 32 injured, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Aside from those killed in the attack, another person died of a stroke, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram.
Ukraine’s major Black Sea port city, essential for Ukrainian economic exports.
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