Ukraine says Russian attack sets a record for the number of drones used
LA TimesThis photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday shows debris from an ATACMS missile near an airport in the Kursk region. Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack. The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, issued a rare official acknowledgment of its assets recently being hit on its own soil by U.S.-made ATACMS missiles after President Biden authorized Ukraine to use the longer-range weapons to strike deeper inside Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said five U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, missiles were fired at one of its air defense missile systems in Russia’s Kursk border region Saturday. He said on the Telegram messaging app that “we need more joint effort so that the sanctions work and force Russia to stop this war.” Meanwhile, Ukraine’s General Staff said Tuesday that over the previous 24 hours roughly half of the clashes along the about 600-mile front line occurred near Pokrovsk and Kurakhove in the Donetsk region.