The German government said on Wednesday it would supply Ukraine with modern anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems, the same day the Russian Defense Ministry announced it would hold intercontinental missile exercises near Moscow.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz informed his country’s parliament that the government will intensify the delivery of weapons to Ukrainein response to criticism that Germany was not doing enough to help kyiv against the Russian invasion.
The announcement comes a day after US President Joe Biden announced that states would provide Ukraine with state-of-the-art rockets, allowing kyiv to “hit key targets more accurately.”
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These rockets can be used to intercept Russian artillery and shoot down Russian positions in cities where fighting has intensified, such as the Donbass region.
However, this Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that they were Exercises with mobile intercontinental missile systems from Yars are carried out. in the Ivanovo region, some 200 kilometers northeast of Moscow, in maneuvers involving some 1,000 soldiers.
“Members of the Strategic Forces are rehearsing the placement of missile systems in field positions and displacements of up to 100 kilometers,” the ministry added.
The Yars missiles, of which there are mobile and silo versions, have a range of up to 12,000 kilometers and can carry up to four nuclear warheads.
Source: Observadora
