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Published on: 04/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Russia pledges to retaliate after it claims to have shot down eight ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine at Belgorod border region. Russia said on January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile attack using US-made missiles. Biden is expected to announce additional security assistance for Ukraine in the coming days. US President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview last month he was “very vehemently” opposed to Ukraine using the arms. Kyiv will also reportedly receive its first French Mirage 2000-5F multirole fighters this month. Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened last year to strike central Kyive with a hypersonic ballistic missile if Ukraine continued hitting Russian territory with long-range Western weapons. Sumy borders Russia’s Kursk region and has been regularly shelled by Russian forces for months. Russian forces also launched attacks near the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in an effort to bypass it from the south.

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