Russia: Complain Ukraine to Launch ATACMS Ballistic Missiles and Promises Retribution · Global Voices

The announced today (17.01.2020) that it launched several missile attacks resulting in the destruction of at least one S-400-type missile defence radar deployed in the Belgorod district, in the west. In particular, the Ukrainian army carried out several precision blows yesterday (16.01.20205) against anti-missile defence forces, resulting in radar systems being hit, with Ukraine claiming that it is the third success of this kind in the last week. CORVERSE For its part, the Russian defence ministry announced that Ukraine launched an attack on the Belgorod district with six US-built ATACMS missiles. Moscow also stressed that all rockets were intercepted resulting in no casualties or damage. In addition, the Russian defence ministry said Russian forces took control of four other villages in Donetsk District, Ukraine. The Reuters news agency cannot confirm from an independent source information concerning the battlefield. TRANSPARENCY Ukrainian shocks to infrastructure Ukrainian forces, facing difficulties on the front, have over the past few months multiplied air attacks with drones and missiles against military and energy installations in Russia in order to prevent the supply of Russian forces fighting on Ukrainian territory and hammering Ukrainian cities. In this context, Ukraine announced on Tuesday (14.01.2025) that it carried out the “most massive” attack of the war against military and industrial facilities in many regions of Russia with assistance mainly, according to Moscow, of western missiles. Especially on Wednesday night (15.01.2025) the Ukrainian army struck with drones an oil depot in the Voronez district, western Russia, resulting in a “significant fire” which, according to the Russian authorities, continues today (17.01.2025). Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv region/Handout via REUTERS New Russian air attacks After all, the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense shot down 33 of 50 drones launched by Russia during the night, the Air Force announced today. According to the announcement, nine drones were “lost”, a reference to the use, by Ukraine, of means of electronic warfare y to redirect Russian drones, while one left Ukraine in the direction of Romania. “Enemy drones hit operations in the Odessa area and buildings in the areas of Harkov, Cherkasi and Kiev were damaged as a result of the fall of enemy drones shot down,” the military told the Telegram app. Port facilities in the Danube area were attacked, he added. A Kiev regional official said a child was injured as a result of the fall of fragments from crashed targets during the attack. Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Civil Administration Serhiy Lysak via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS Four dead in Zelensky’s hometown Meanwhile, Russian missile attack today caused the death of at least four people and damage to training facilities in the city of Krivi Rich, birthplace of Volontimir Zelensky, in central Ukraine, as the regional governor said. At least five other people were injured and three of them are in serious condition at the hospital, said Sherhi Lisak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk, on Telegram. Several explosions were heard in the city, eyewitnesses reported on social media, following the Ukrainian Air Force warning of a threat of ballistic missile attack by the Russian occupation of Crimea.