Russia Says Ukraine Fired 6 US-Made ATACMS At The Bryansk Region, Days After Biden Policy Shift

Ukraine fired six U.S.-me ATACMS missiles at Russia's Bryansk region, Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, days after U.S. President Joe Biden eased restrictions on Ukrainian use of American-me weapons in war that has reached its 1,000-day milestone.
Ukraine claimed it hit a military weapons depot in Bryansk in middle of night, though it didn't specify what weapons it used. Ukrainian General Staff said that multiple explosions and detonation were heard in targeted area.

In a statement carried by Russian news agencies, Russian Defense Ministry said military shot down five Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, and damaged one more.
fragments fell on territory of an unspecified military facility, ministry said. falling debris sparked a fire, but didn't inflict any damage or casualties, it said.
Neir side's claims could be independently verified.
announcement came after Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on longer range weapons after Russia deployed thousands of North Korean troops in conflict.

Earlier on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials reported a third Russian strike in three days on a civilian residential area in Ukraine killed at least 12 people, including a child.
strike by a Shahed drone in norrn Sumy region late Monday hit a dormitory of an educational facility in town of Hlukhiv and wounded 11 ors, including two children, authorities said, ding that more people could be trapped under rubble.

Ukrainian civilians have repeatedly been clobbered by Russian drones and missiles during war, while on battlefield it is under severe Russian pressure at places on about 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line where its army is stretched thin against a bigger versary.
On Sunday, a Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions struck a residential area of Sumy in norrn Ukraine, killing 11 people and wounding 84 ors. On Monday, a Russian missile barrage sparked apartment fires in sourn port of Odesa, killing at least 10 people and wounding 43.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that series of aerial strikes proved that Russian President Vlimir Putin wasn't interested in ending war.
"Each new attack by Russia only confirms Putin's true intentions. He wants war to continue. Talks about peace are not interesting to him. We must force Russia to a just peace by force," Zelenskyy said.