Meanwhile, NATO Allies deployed their aircraft to RAF Lossiemouth, United Kingdom, to join with RAF aircraft in taking part in the exercise. This commitment shines through in complex, high-end evolutions like Formidable Shield,” he added. “The strength and unmatched cohesion of our trans-Atlantic Alliance lies in our mutual commitment to one another and to the deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic area. “Formidable Shield is the premier IAMD and live-fire rehearsal in the European theatre and highlights STRIKFORNATO’s proficiency in seamlessly integrating Allied and Partner maritime and air forces into combined operations,” said Royal Navy Rear Admiral James Morley, deputy commander, STRIKFORNATO and Officer In Charge (OIC) of the exercise. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) fires an SM-3 missile during exercise Formidable Shield 2019. White phosphorous can also be used for illumination or to create smoke screens.The U.S. International law prohibits the use of white phosphorus or other incendiary weapons - munitions designed to set fire to objects or cause burn injuries - in areas where there could be concentrations of civilians. Russian forces have not commented on the claim but have rejected previous accusations from Ukraine that they had used phosphorus.
The allegations could not be independently verified. On Saturday, the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper quoted military officials as saying that “the enemy used phosphorus and incendiary ammunition in Bakhmut in an attempt to wipe the city off the face of the earth.”Ī photo accompanying the newspaper report showed an urban area lit up with fire in multiple places. Russian troops have been trying to take the city for more than nine months, but Ukrainian forces are still clinging to positions on the western outskirts. The Russian Defense Ministry said it brought three military pilots back to Russia, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said 45 fighters who defended the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol had been returned to Ukraine.Īlso on Saturday, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces accused Russia of using phosphorus munitions in its attempt to wrest control of the eastern city of Bakhmut from Ukrainian forces. In other developments, officials in both Russia and Ukraine said they had carried out another of their regular exchanges of prisoners of war. But they’re prepared to do offense or defense.” They’ve got a significant amount of planning and coordination and all of that to do, if they were to do an offensive operation.
“I don’t want to suggest that they may or may not conduct an offensive operation in the coming weeks,” he said. He also said that their capability to defend was “significantly enhanced from what they were just a year ago.” In an interview this week with Foreign Affairs magazine, Milley said he would not speculate on if or when it might come, but that with NATO assistance to help train and equip nine brigades’ worth of combined arms, armor and mechanized infantry, “the Ukrainians right now have the capability to attack.” Ukraine has not said when it might launch the counteroffensive, but it is widely anticipated this spring. Zaluzhnyi said he also briefed Milley “about the situation at the front and preparations” for Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for the ongoing American aid to Ukraine. In a Telegram post on Saturday, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said he had thanked U.S. The Russian military says the air-launched ballistic missile has a range of up to 2,000 kilometers (about 1,250 miles) and flies at 10 times the speed of sound, making it hard to intercept. The Kinzhal is one of the latest and most advanced Russian weapons. Oleshchuk said the Kh-47 missile was launched by a MiG-31K aircraft from Russian territory and was shot down with a Patriot missile. “It happened during the night-time attack on May 4 in the skies of the Kyiv region.” “Yes, we shot down the ‘unique’ Kinzhal,” Oleshchuk wrote. It was also the first time Ukraine is known to have used the Patriot defense systems. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine’s air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles.Īir Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a Telegram post that the Kinzhal-type ballistic missile had been intercepted in an overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital earlier in the week.
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