12:06 ukraine fires us long-range missiles at russia, moscow says russia's defence ministry says ukraine has hit russia with atacms missiles supplied by the us, russian state media is reporting. ria novosti cited the ministry as saying ukrainian troops launched six atacms missiles at night on a target in the bryansk region. it said air defence systems crew shot down five shells and managed to damage another one, but that missile fragments fell on the technical territory of the military facility, causing a fire. the news agency cited the ministry as saying the missiles caused no casualties or damage. perhaps significantly, it had been reported that ukraine had only been granted permission by the us to use the long-range missiles in the kursk region in russia, where kyiv's forces remain in control of territory after capturing it in august. the military facility reportedly hit, in karachev, is more than 100 miles north of central kursk. it comes after the kremlin warned earlier today that ukraine's use of western-supplied missiles against russia could trigger a nuclear response (see 9.32 post) under the new doctrine approved by vladimir putin this morning.
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