UK military: Russia using anti-ship missiles on land targets
A British military intelligence report says that Russian bombers have likely launched 1960s-era heavy, anti-ship missiles meant to destroy aircraft carriers with nuclear warheads on land targets in Ukraine
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Your support makes all the difference.Russian bombers have likely been launching 1960s-era heavy, anti-ship missiles meant to destroy aircraft carriers with nuclear warheads against land targets in Ukraine, a British military intelligence report said Saturday.
It said the 5.5-ton Kh-22 missiles, when used in ground attacks with conventional warheads, are highly inaccurate and can cause severe collateral damage and casualties.
Russia is likely using such weapons because it is running short of more precise modern missiles, Britain's Defense Ministry said in a daily update.
Russian forces have been concentrating their efforts on capturing all of Ukraine’s eastern region of coal mines and factories known as the Donbas. The area borders Russia and has been partly controlled by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.
Civilians have been fleeing intense fighting in eastern Ukraine as Russian and Ukrainian forces engage in a grinding battle of attrition for key cities in the country's industrial heartland.
The report said Ukrainian air defenses were still deterring Russian tactical aircraft from carrying out strikes across much of the country.
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Karmanau reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Associated Press writers Jill Lawless in London and Jamey Keaten in Geneva contributed.
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