During Zelensky’s visit to Washington last month, the United States pledged to send the sophisticated Patriot missile system to repel Russian missile and drone attacks.
Russia launched its “special military operation” on 24 February, citing threats to its security and the need to protect Russian speakers. Ukraine and its allies accuse Russia of waging an unprovoked war to seize territory.
Major General Kirill Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, told ABC News he expected more attacks inside Russia, without saying whether Ukrainian forces would be responsible.
Budanov said he was “delighted” to see the December 26 attack on Russia’s Engels Air Base, hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border.
Asked about attacks on Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, Budanov said: “Crimea is part of Ukraine, it is part of our territory. We can use any weapon on our territory.” Huh.”
In a signal to the West that Russia will not back down on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sent a frigate into the Atlantic Ocean armed with a new generation of hypersonic cruise missiles that can travel at five times the speed of sound. Is.