Ukraine strikes civilian targets with U.S. missiles: Russian defense ministry-Xinhua

Ukraine strikes civilian targets with U.S. missiles: Russian defense ministry

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-11-19 19:48:30

MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian military attacked civilian facilities in the western Russian city of Voronezh with U.S.-made missiles on Tuesday, which were intercepted by Russian forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday.

At 14:31 Moscow time (1131 GMT) on Tuesday, Kiev launched an attack on civilian targets in Voronezh, a city in Russia's territorial depth, using four U.S.-manufactured Army Tactical Missile System tactical missiles, the ministry said in a statement.

It added that Russian air defense units shot down all the Ukrainian projectiles using S-400 and Pantsir air defense systems, with no civilian casualties reported.