The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement this morning, reporting that the armed forces of Ukraine had attacked targets in Russia’s Kursk region not once, but twice in the past few days. “On 23 November, the enemy fired five U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles at a position of an S-400 anti-aircraft battalion near Lotarevka (37 kilometers northwest of Kursk),” it said. “During a surface-to-air battle, a Pantsir AAMG crew protecting the battalion destroyed three ATACMS missiles, and two hit their intended targets. As a result of the strike, a radar was damaged. There are casualties among personnel.”
Then, “On 25 November, the Kiev regime delivered one more strike by eight ATACMS operational-tactical missiles at the Kursk-Vostochny airfield (near Khalino),” the statement reports further. “Seven missiles were shot down by S-400 SAM and Pantsir AAMG systems, one missile hit the assigned target. Two servicemen were lightly wounded and infrastructure objects sustained minor damage by missile debris.”