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“Decision to Send Long-Range Missiles to Ukrainians Is a Big Mistake,” Warns Russian Ambassador in Washington

“Decision to Send Long-Range Missiles to Ukrainians Is a Big Mistake,” Warns Russian Ambassador in Washington

Cover Image: In this photo taken by Ukrainian emergency services on Oct. 17, 2023, rescuers search for people under the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike in Sloviansk. Manual / AFP

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the use of US ATACMS missiles on Tuesday., without specifying where or when they were fired. Neither the US nor Ukraine has yet announced the delivery. ATACMS missiles “Baptist” According to the White House, Ukrainian military capabilities.
  • Washington’s decision to supply long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine “Grievous Mistake”Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov announced Wednesday. “The consequences of this action, deliberately hidden from the public, will be very serious”He said in a press release.
  • Ukrainian special forces said they launched devastating attacks on two Russian military airfields overnight., in Luhansk and Berdyansk. The operation, known as “Dragonfly”, resulted in the destruction of take-off runways, nine helicopters, an anti-aircraft system and an ammunition depot.
  • One person killed in Russian bombing in Zaporizhia. Russian missile strikes on the town of Zaporizhia in southeastern Ukraine killed one person and wounded at least two others, local authorities said overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
  • 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks promised by the US to Ukraine have reached their destination.Col. Martin O’Donnell, spokesman for the US Army in Europe and Africa, spoke to VOA.
  • The Russian president was received by his Chinese counterpart and ally Xi Jinping on TuesdayThe Russian Foreign Ministry made the announcement during the “New Silk Roads” summit in Beijing, at a time when the war between Israel and Hamas is in the eyes of the world.
  • MEPs on Tuesday voted in favor of giving Ukraine 50 billion euros in aid over four years (2024-2027). “Reconstruction” And this “Modernization” from the countryAs part of the European Union’s multiannual budget expansion.
  • The cost of the destruction of the Kagovka dam on June 6 is estimated at 13 billion euros.According to a report by the Ukrainian government and the United Nations.
  • There was an underwater telecommunications cable between Sweden and Estonia “damaged”The Swedish government announced on Tuesday, probably at the same time as the construction of a gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia.
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