Ukraine says its forces launched attacks that damaged Russian airfields behind the lines and destroyed multiple helicopters on Tuesday, and according to multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter, the strikes involved MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, secretly obtained from the US.
Kyiv’s defense ministry said the attacks on the airfields in Berdyansk and Luhansk — both of which are in Russian-occupied territory — resulted in the loss of nine helicopters, an air-defense launcher, vehicles, and ammunition depots, and caused severe damage to the airstrips. Ukraine attributed the “successful” operation, known as “Dragonfly,” to the country’s special operations forces, which also published details of the incidents.
In the aftermath of the strikes, open-source intelligence (OSINT) accounts, Russian military bloggers, and analysts began suggesting on social media that Ukraine used ATACMS to carry out the attack, which would be a first for Ukraine.
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