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War in Ukraine
The Kremlin said all the US-made long-range missiles were shot down, but the claim was debunked by big fires burning for hours at Belbek airfield and official warnings of cluster munitions.
May. 15
War in Ukraine
The attack is part of a series of AFU strikes on oil refineries in both Russia and the occupied territories of Ukraine since the beginning of 2024.
May. 8
Crimea
In April, the United States confirmed it had sent these missiles to Ukraine, which had been pressing for them to strike targets way beyond the front line.
May. 4
Crimea
Russia said it found an unexploded cluster munition from an intercepted ATACMS missile in occupied Crimea – whatever it was, it didn’t come from an ATACMS.
May. 2
Crimea
News platforms said it was the long-range version of the US weapon but there was no early Kyiv confirmation. It may have been Ukraine’s most ambitious ballistic missile strike of the war so far.
Apr. 30
US
Moscow-friendly mil-bloggers mostly predicted the US-made missiles will hit air defenses in Crimea, but some Kremlin-run major media said the Russian Federation itself is ATACMS’ next target.
Apr. 25
War in Ukraine
The Biden administration had long debated whether to supply extended-range ATACMS to Kyiv. However, Russia’s use of North Korean missiles played a decisive role in changing Washington’s stance.
Apr. 25
War in Ukraine
Long-range missiles from US have already been delivered; Moscow plans to sink June peace summit, Zelensky says; Washington says Avdiivka loss was its fault.
Apr. 25
Crimea
On April 17, Kyiv struck the Dzhankoi airfield on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. Launchers of anti-missile and air defense systems, radar systems, and Russian army aircraft were destroyed.
Apr. 18
Crimea
Russian milbloggers said that US-made ATACMS missiles were used in a damaging attack against Dzhankoi airfield. Kyiv Post research confirmed ballistic missiles of some kind struck the base.
Apr. 17
Zelensky
President Zelensky asks US to provide ATACMS-300 km missiles to strike airfields and aircraft in temporarily occupied Crimea, says Ukraine wouldn't use the longer-range missiles to attack Russia.
Mar. 30
US
The inclusion of one more HIMARS system in the new package of military aid has excited commentary that there may be something “special” about this one – but where is the evidence?
Nov. 22, 2023
Europe
A NATO statement said that the Allies condemn Russia’s decision to withdraw from the agreement, which was first signed in 1990 and ratified in 1992 before being suspended by Russia in 2007.
Nov. 7, 2023
Ukraine
Russia reacts to the success of Ukraine’s use of the US-made missile by instructing all its air defense troops to carry out simulator training to shoot them down.
Nov. 2, 2023
War in Ukraine
Moscow says its “world-best” air defense systems blew up two American ATACMS ballistic missiles in airspace over Luhansk region. But evidence is piling up that it was the other way around.
Oct. 27, 2023
Crimea
An increasingly active Ukrainian partisan movement based in occupied Crimea claims that Russia is dispersing its equipment for fear of more attacks deep behind the lines.
Oct. 26, 2023
Moscow said Kyiv fired six US-made ATACMS missiles at an airfield in Taganrog on Wednesday morning, where it claimed to have intercepted two and diverted four using electronic warfare (EW) systems.
Dec. 11