According to TASS news agency, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told reporters on May 27 that the country's air defense forces intercepted two Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, 19 other missiles launched from the HIMARS multiple launch system and two HARM anti-radar missiles.
HIMARS system that the US aided Ukraine - Photo: AP
Storm Shadow is a famous British super missile, which was provided by this country to Ukraine in early May; meanwhile, HIMARS is a high-mobility rocket artillery system, HARM is a tactical air-to-ground missile, both of which were produced by the US and provided to Ukraine.
Mr. Konashenkov said all of the above missiles were intercepted in just the past 24 hours, and 12 Ukrainian drones were also shot down in many regions including Lugansk, Donets, Zaporozhye...
Meanwhile, RT quoted two anonymous "insiders" of the German military in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper as saying that Ukraine is calling for aid with Taurus missiles from Sweden and Germany.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is said to have made the offer during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz earlier this month.
RT said it was still unclear whether Berlin would accept this request or not, but said this put Berlin in a "dilemma", due to concerns that this type of weapon could escalate tensions.
The Taurus is a weapon that can travel up to 500 km and is equipped with a 500 kg warhead, enough to hit Moscow from across the Ukrainian border. Previously, the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the UK for supplying Ukraine with Storm Shadow with a range of 250 km.
German-Swedish Taurus ultra-long-range missile - Photo: SAAB
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