The Ukrainians are pounding Kursk with the best they have. So after the British, German and American tanks that were seen on Russian soil, they also used American missiles.
More specifically, with HIMARS, GMLRS and ATACMS missiles, the Ukrainians hit the Russian army's floating passages and bridges in Kursk.
It is noted that Kiev is waiting for the "green light" from the USA for the use of Storm Shadows missiles against Russian positions in Kursk.
Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec Group and a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, stressed that the United States and its Western allies risk provoking a world war if Washington continues to "provoke" the conflict in Ukraine and allow the Kiev to attack Russian territory.
His exclusive remarks to Reuters provide a rare insight into the inner circle's thoughts on Putin following the surprise Ukrainian invasion of Russia's Kursk region, to which the president has promised a "worthy" response.
"In a situation where the West, led by the United States, provokes war, we must be ready," Chemezov said in written responses to an interview request.
“The further it goes, the greater the risk that the world will be dragged into a global conflict. It seems strange, but Western countries don't seem to understand how dangerous this is for them."
The comments by Chemezov, a former KGB general who served with Putin in East Germany before the collapse of the Soviet Union, were sent to Reuters after the start of the Ukrainian invasion of Kursk.
On 21.8.2024 the General Staff of the Ukrainian forces released a video of the destruction of a floating bridge that the Russians were trying to build.
Although it was not announced how the floating bridge was hit, it is assumed that it came from a HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) multiple rocket launcher and the missiles used were high precision (GMLRS and ATACMS) carrying cluster bombs.
In the same video of the General Staff of the Ukrainian forces from operations in Kursk, the strike of Russian army trucks with FPV drones is also shown.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Ukraine used Western missiles, possibly US-made HIMARS, to destroy a bridge over the Shem River in the Kursk region, killing volunteers trying to evacuate civilians.
"For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western-made rocket launchers, possibly American HIMARS," said Maria Zakharova, the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday, August 16, 2024, in the evening via Telegram.
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