President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declined to confirm whether the attack on the Russian military arsenal near Bryansk was carried out by an American ATACMS missile, but he emphasised that Ukraine has long-range weapons and will employ them.

Russia accused Ukraine of firing a barrage of US-made long-range missiles for the first time to attack its Bryansk region Tuesday — in a major escalation on the 1,000th day of war. Russian air defense systems intercepted five of the missiles and damaged one in the early morning attack,