For the first time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted fire on a target on Russian territory using a military aircraft.
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Sky News writes about this on June 9, citing a source in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As the publication points out, the attack hit a command center in the Belgorod area.
Belgorod is located near the border with northeastern Ukraine.
It was not yet clear what type of ammunition was used in the attack, including whether it was a Western weapon.
The United States and France recently said that Ukrainian armed forces are authorized to use their weapons to strike military targets inside Russia – from where Russian troops launch attacks on Ukraine.
Under new guidelines approved by President Joe Biden, US ammunition could be used inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkov in northeastern Ukraine.
Lord Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary, was less specific, saying only that Ukraine should decide how it would use British weapons such as the Storm Shadow cruise missiles that Ukrainian aircraft could launch.
On condition of anonymity, a military source told Sky News: A Ukrainian Air Force (UAF) mission struck a Russian command post in Belgorod. Although damage assessment is still ongoing, it is confirmed that it was a direct hit. This is the first ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, delivered from the air, delivered to a target in Russia.”
Ukraine has launched numerous drone strikes deep into Russian territory. But the use of military aircraft to strike targets inside Russia could be seen by Moscow as a new escalation.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops shot down a number of Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod region. It is unknown whether this was part of the same attack.
A Ukrainian military source also said that on Saturday evening Ukrainian forces carried out a “coordinated strike” on a Russian landing ship that had recently moved into the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea.
The ship was the fifth of seven Ropukha-class landing ships that were sunk or “put out of action” as a result of Ukrainian attacks, the source said.
This successful strike shows the Russians that they cannot operate freely either in the Black Sea or to the east, the source added.
According to the source, the Russian military uses such ships to transport ammunition and cargo to occupied Mariupol for further transit to the front line.
By disrupting Russian supplies of ammunition and key military materials, the strike will directly support Ukrainian troops in their ongoing fight, the source said.
Source: Racurs
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