Ukraine Launches Major ATACMS Strike On Russian-Occupied Territory

The U.S. recently secretly sent Ukraine ATACMS capable of hitting targets nearly 200 miles away.

Ukraine launched an attack on its occupied eastern Luhansk region using U.S.-supplied missiles on Friday, according to a Kremlin-installed official.The development was reported Anna Romanova, press secretary to the Moscow-appointed head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic in Ukraine's Donbas region, Leonid Pasechnik.

Newsweek could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos and has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment by email.Ukrainian media reported that the attack struck an oil depot in the Luhansk region.The U.S. on May 30 granted Ukraine permission to use some American-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but has prohibited the use of ATACMS outside of Ukraine.

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