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Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields and thanks US for providing long-range missiles
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https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-avdiivka-attacks-8b5fd038c7e496dcb8f015b759b74666
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Zelenskyy’s announcement came hours after a U.S. official revealed that the longer-range ballistic missiles sought for months by Kyiv and promised by President Joe Biden had been delivered quietly and are in battlefield use.
A U.S. official said the United States had made good on a promise by Biden to his Ukrainian counterpart last month that it would provide the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS.
The weapons development piles pressure on the Kremlin as both sides look for battlefield advantages ahead of winter and what is shaping up as a protracted war of attrition.
While some versions of the missiles can go as far as about 180 miles (300 kilometers), the official said the ones that went to Ukraine have a shorter range and carry cluster munitions, making them suitable for attacks on airfields.
Meanwhile, Russia is throwing more units into its effort to take a key eastern Ukraine city, Western analysts say, after apparent setbacks that have slowed its dayslong onslaught.
The Russian forces deployed to Avdiivka are likely making slow progress and sustaining high casualties in what is proving a costly effort, the U.K. defense ministry said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
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