Moscow has signaled to the West that it is ready for a nuclear conflict after Ukraine was given permission to invade Russian territory – and appears to be quick to act on that green light – to strike a US-made long-range missile. Use of missiles.
Kiev wasted little time after Washington reportedly authorized the use of US-made ATACMS missiles against specific targets on Sunday. Ukrainian news agencies reported. Earlier on Tuesday, the missiles were said to have been used to attack a Russian military installation in the border region of Bryansk.
Russia has since confirmed the attack, with the Ministry of Defense confirming that Ukrainian forces had “attacked an installation. [the] Bryansk region” using six ballistic, US-made ATACMS missiles. The air defense missile system shot down five missiles, and damaged another, the ministry claimed.
“Its fragments fell on the technical area of a military installation in the Bryansk region, causing a fire that was immediately extinguished. There were no casualties or property damage,” the ministry said.
CNBC was unable to independently confirm the reports, and Ukraine’s leadership has not commented on the attack.
The Kyiv Post news outlet carried a quote. A national security official confirmed. A strike was carried out in Bryansk, although he did not say what weapons were used.
The Kremlin has repeatedly warned the West not to allow Ukraine to use its long-range weapons to attack Russia directly. On Tuesday, Moscow upped the ante when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving his latest nuclear doctrine that changes the parameters of when Russia can use nuclear weapons.
The latest document, outlining the conditions under which Russia can use nuclear weapons, now states that any aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear state, if it is backed by a nuclear power, So it will be considered a joint attack.
