“President Volodymyr Zelenskyi did not confirm whether the strike on the Russian warehouse near Bryansk was carried out by an American ATACAMS missile, but assured that Ukraine has long-range capabilities and will use them.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: the head of state during a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Fredriksen, cites “Ukrinform”
Details: The journalist asked to confirm whether the attack on the BC warehouse near Bryansk was indeed struck by an American ATACMS missile.
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Zelensky’s direct speech: “Without unnecessary details. Ukraine has long-range capabilities, there are long-range drones of its own production, we now have a long-range Neptune, and more than one. Now we have ATACMS. We will use all of this.”
Prehistory:
- On November 19, it became known that in the city of Karachev, Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, as a result of the attack, explosions were heard and a fire was raging at the arsenal of the main missile and artillery department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
- In the morning, the General Staff confirmed that the Defense Forces hit the logistics arsenal of the Russian troops in the area of the city of Karachev, without specifying what kind of weapons this was achieved. The Center for Countering Disinformation noted that the warehouse contained artillery ammunition, including North Korean ammunition for their systems, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft missiles and ammunition for MLRS.
- It was reported that as of 2:30 a.m., 12 secondary explosions and detonations were recorded in the area of the target.
- Later, several mass media, citing sources in the Defense Forces, reported that in Bryansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck for the first time with American long-range ATACMS missiles.
- Even later, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly attacked an arsenal of weapons in the city of Karachev with 6 ATACMS missiles, although primarily the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and local authorities announced the attack by drones.