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| Russia says Ukraine using long-range US artillery |
| 2023-03-30 |
| [AFP on Yahoo] Moscow announced Tuesday it had for the first time downed a long-range rocket supplied to Ukraine by the United States, weapons Kyiv said were key to an anticipated counter-attack against Russian forces. The statement from Russia's defence ministry came a day after Ukraine said it received modern Leopard and Challenger battle tanks from Germany and the United Kingdom to push back Moscow's army in east and southern Ukraine. Fighting in recent months between Russian and Ukrainian forces has concentrated on the eastern city Bakhmut, and Kyiv says it is holding out in the Donetsk region urban hub to exhaust Russian forces and then more easily push them back. "Air defence (forces) downed... a GLSDB guided rocket," Russia's defence ministry said in a statement, referring to ground-launched small diameter bombs produced by Boeing and the Saab Group. These devices have a range of up to 150 kilometres (93 miles), which would threaten Russian positions and supply depots far behind the front lines. The Pentagon announced last month it was providing Ukraine with the artillery as part of a $2.2 billion arms package. |
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