RUSSIA has launched a revenge blitz on Ukraine following its long-range missile attack – firing an intercontinental ballistic rocket for the first time.
It comes after Ukraine launched long-range US ATACMS missiles against Putin’s territory overnight on Monday.
Russia warned it would “react accordingly” as embassies in capital city Kyiv closed down on Wednesday for fear of a revenge blitz.
Reports later surfaced on Wednesday that Kyiv had also unleashed British long-range Storm Shadow missiles into Kursk.
Putin’s forces launched one of the powerful rockets from the southern Astrakhan region in a morning attack on Thursday.
Kyiv’s air force announced the revenge blitz, marking the first time Russia has used such a powerful, long-range missile since invading Ukraine in February 2022.
Moscow warned for months that the use of Western long-range missiles by Ukraine would mark a major escalation and even a wider war with Nato.
A rattle Putin green-lit a new nuclear doctrine hours after the first ATACMS strike on Tuesday, in retaliation to the US relaxing Ukraine’s missile permissions.
It equated use of the Western weapons by Ukraine with an act of aggression by those allied countries supplying them with weapons.
The Kremlin said it marked the crossing of a red line – officially putting nuclear retaliation on the table.
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