Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff said it used U.S.-supplied ATACMS to hit military targets inside Russia and stated these long‑range strikes will continue.
- Russia’s defense ministry reported four ATACMS were fired at Voronezh and claimed air defenses shot them down, saying debris damaged several buildings with no civilian casualties.
- Moscow said it identified a launch area in Kharkiv Oblast and destroyed two ATACMS launchers with Iskander‑M missiles, claims that have not been independently verified.
- The confirmation marks a return to long‑range missile use after a period of Pentagon review and policy uncertainty over strikes into Russian territory.
- Separately, Russia launched a major overnight missile and drone assault across Ukraine that killed at least 25 people, with heavy casualties reported in Ternopil.