Missiles secretly delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say.

Ukraine has begun using longer-range ballistic missiles against Russia that were secretly provided by the US, American officials have confirmed.

The weapons were sent as part of a previous US support package, and arrived this month. Officials said they were not announced publicly to maintain Ukraine’s “operational security”.

They have already been used at least once to strike Russian targets in occupied Crimea.

Further US aid is now heading to Kyiv.

More American weaponry is expected to be sent imminently, after President Joe Biden signed off on Wednesday a new package of economic and military support for Ukraine worth $61bn (£49bn).

    • Habahnow@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      You’re right, I misspoke. A better way to put it is embargo’d by many vendors of advanced technologies that Russia doesn’t manufacture. China is an obvious trading partner of theirs, but Russia is dealing with a smaller available supply of all of these components and other countries know this which means they are going to have to pay higher prices, vs Ukraine being supported by NATO countries and more able to purchase directly. The point remains, Russia needs to pay more to secure the components that they do not manufacture meaning their money doesn’t go as far as Ukraine’s

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Dude, even India and China is getting behind sanctions. Maybe not because they want to, but because guess who are Chinas biggest economical partners? Hint: it’s not russia. And IIRC (I can be wrong here) Indias biggest partner is also the EU, maybe the USA but also China.

      It could be better for sure, but russia is almost alone on the world stage. I mean they are getting saved by Iran & NK. Wow.

      Russia has an economy the size of Spain/Italy, their economy is getting wrecked so hard right now we’ll better planning for when it goes full crash-burn