(Dan Tri) - Russia is said to have temporarily closed the airspace in the Astrakhan region, where the missile launch site is located, to prepare for a strike in response to Ukraine's long-range missile attacks.
(Illustration: Avia Pro).
On November 26, Avia Pro news site reported that Russian authorities announced the temporary closure of airspace at the Kapustin Yar launch site in the Astrakhan region until November 30.
The area is often used for ballistic missile testing and launches. The airspace restrictions could be a sign that Russia is about to conduct a test launch or missile strike in response to Ukraine.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it was monitoring the situation and was ready to respond to recent Ukrainian ATACMS missile attacks.
On the same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also warned: "Missile attacks deep inside Russian territory are an escalation. All our warnings that these unacceptable actions will face an appropriate response have been ignored."
Mr Lavrov stressed that those behind the attacks on Russian citizens and infrastructure will face “deserved punishment”. He made it clear that any escalation from the enemy cannot force Russia to abandon its goals in Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Lavrov reiterated that Moscow remains committed to neutralizing threats to Russia's security, including Ukraine's ambitions to join NATO.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is taking a new turn as some Western countries have begun allowing Kiev to use long-range weapons supplied by them to attack targets in Russian territory.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, last week, Ukraine carried out two attacks with US-made ATACMS tactical missiles on Russia's Kursk province.
On November 23, Kiev reportedly fired five US-supplied ATACMS missiles into the vicinity of Lotaryovka village, about 37km northwest of Kursk, targeting the S-400 air defense missile division. The attack resulted in three casualties and damage to the radar.
On November 25, Kiev launched eight more ATACMS missiles at the Kursk-Vostochny airbase, located near the village of Khalino.
In response to the initial attack, Russia fired Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic missiles at the Ukrainian military-industrial complex in the city of Dnipro. This was a test of the Russian missile in combat conditions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the missile was 10 times faster than the speed of sound and no defense system could intercept it. He announced that Moscow would continue to conduct similar tests in the future.
"Depending on the situation and the nature of threats to Russia's security, we will continue testing the Oreshnik missile. We have Oreshnik in stock for testing, including in combat conditions," the Kremlin chief said.
Russia’s use of the Oreshnik missile system has become a major topic of discussion among experts in recent days. While some experts warn that the Oreshnik could pose a major threat to Ukraine’s relatively thin air defenses, others say Moscow is exaggerating the missile’s capabilities.
According to initial analysis, Oreshnik appears to have multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), i.e. separate warheads carrying conventional or nuclear explosives to attack different targets.
The Ukrainian General Intelligence Service determined that the missile had six warheads, each containing six sub-warheads. However, some sources said that the Oreshnik missile that Russia used to attack Ukraine last week only used non-explosive warheads, so the damage caused was relatively small.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-gioi/ro-tin-nga-han-che-khong-phan-chuan-bi-dap-tra-ukraine-20241127133203946.htm
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