Russia says U.S. air defense systems could be targets in Ukraine
, those systems and any crews that accompany them would be a “legitimate target” for theThe exchange of statements reflected soaringn Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the U.S. had “effectively become a party” to thewith weapons and training its troops. She added that if reports about U.S. intentions to provide Kyiv with Patriot surface-to-air missile system prove true, it would become “another provocative move by the U.S.
U.S. officials said Tuesday that Washington was poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incomingn missiles that have crippled much of the country's vital infrastructure. An official announcement is expected soon.
Operating and maintaining a Patriot battery requires as many as 90 troops, and for months the U.S. has been reluctant to provide the complex system because sending American forces intoEven without the presence of U.S. service members to train Ukrainians on use of the system, concerns remain that deployment of the missiles could provokeRussia, but those statements have been impossible to independently verify.
Amid the infrastructure attacks and power outages across the country, seven civilians were killed and 19 wounded on Wednesday and Thursday, according to a report issued by the Ukrainian president's office.n strikes the previous day had killed two civilians and wounded seven. Kremlin-backed authorities in the region, which was illegally annexed by Moscow in September, announced thathad taken control of 80% of the city of Marinka, seen as critical to Ukrainian hopes of retaking theThe Moscow-installed mayor of Donetsk, Aleksei Kulemzin, said Thursday that the city center had been hit by “the most massive strike” since the area came under the control ofWriting on Telegram, Kulemzin said 40 Ukrainian rockets struck Donetsk on Thursday morning, noting that multistory...
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