MOSCOW: Russia will \u201cdefinitely\u201d respond to a Ukrainian attack on a southern airfield using US-supplied ATACMS missiles, the Kremlin said Thursday.
\nPresident Vladimir Putin has previously threatened to launch its new hypersonic ballistic missile, named Oreshnik, at the center of Kyiv if Ukraine does not halt its attacks on Russian territory using US-supplied ATACMS missiles.
\nRussia\u2019s defense ministry on Wednesday accused Ukraine of firing the missiles in an overnight attack on an airfield in the port city of Taganrog in the southern Rostov region.
\nA response \u201cwill follow when, and in a way that is deemed, appropriate. It will definitely follow,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
\nHe did not provide details of how Russia might retaliate.
\nWashington only recently gave Kyiv permission to fire ATACMS on Russian territory, following months of requests.
\nThe United States warned Wednesday that Russia could be preparing to fire Oreshnik missiles at Ukraine again.
\nThe US warning was \u201cbased on an intelligence assessment that it\u2019s possible that Russia could use this Oreshnik missile in the coming days,\u201d Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told journalists.
\nBoth sides have escalated aerial attacks in recent months as Russia\u2019s troops advance on the battlefield.
\nRussia\u2019s defense ministry said Thursday its troops had captured the tiny settlement of Zarya in Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donetsk region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW: Russia will \u201cdefinitely\u201d respond to a Ukrainian attack on a southern airfield using US-supplied ATACMS missiles, the Kremlin said Thursday. President Vladimir Putin has previously threatened to launch its new hypersonic ballistic missile, named Oreshnik, at the center of Kyiv if Ukraine does not halt its attacks on Russian territory using US-supplied ATACMS missiles. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-448905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n