Russian frigate during an earlier attack on Ukraine's military infrastructure (Reuters)
A frigate of the Black Sea Fleet on Wednesday launched an attack with 4 Kalibr winged missiles on Ukrainian military infrastructure.
The Russian news agency "TASS" quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense that the crew of a frigate from the Black Sea Fleet received a sudden mission to carry out strikes as quickly as possible using 4 winged missiles of the type "Kalibr" on targets in the military infrastructure of the enemy, adding that the targets targeted in the attack were destroyed.
The attack also coincides with the ministry's announcement that Su-25 attack aircraft had destroyed the positions of undercover vehicles and armored vehicles of Ukrainian forces, in the direction of southern Donetsk.
The ministry said in a statement that the missiles were launched "from aircraft that were at low altitudes, carried out maneuvers, launched thermal traps, and returned to the runway" after carrying out their targets.
Russia announces almost daily response to drone attacks on Moscow (Reuters)
Attack on Moscow
In Moscow, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, announced that Russian air defense forces had destroyed a drone launched by Ukraine towards the capital.
Sobyanin added via Telegram that the drone was destroyed over Podolsk in the Moscow region, explaining that preliminary information indicates that there were no damage or casualties at the site where the wreckage fell.
Russia reports almost daily that it has responded to drone attacks by Ukraine targeting its cities, including the capital Moscow, as well as the strategic Crimea peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.
Stoltenberg hopes for continued US support for Ukraine (Anatolia)
Difficult conditions
Security developments in Ukraine are accompanied by NATO's quest to reaffirm its unwavering commitment to Ukraine in difficult circumstances in which neither side of the conflict succeeds in advancing on the battlefield, along with Washington's procrastination in providing greater aid to Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at the start of a ministerial meeting in Brussels that "I am confident" that U.S. military support for Ukraine will continue, but Washington's aid has been stuck in Congress for weeks because Republican lawmakers are reluctant to contribute more to the war effort in Ukraine.
Many countries are reluctant to pay more money, the €20 billion in aid proposed by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is pending, and the total €50 billion to help Kiev has remained a dead letter.
Since February 2022, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, supported by Western allies - led by the United States - has continued and has left thousands dead and wounded on both sides, and while the two sides exchange attacks on an almost daily basis, none of the initiatives put forward have succeeded in sitting at the negotiating table to end the war.
Source: Agencies