John Kirby, US National Security Council strategic communications coordinator, did not confirm that the Russian military shot down six American ATACMS missiles transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU).
“No and no. “I cannot confirm reports that any of them were shot,” he said.
He also did not answer the question of exactly how many ATACMS missiles the US had provided to Kiev.
On the night of April 30, Ukrainian troops tried Attack Crimea fires several American ATACMS missiles towards the peninsula. Vladimir Rogov, leader of the “We are with Russia” popular movement, said that air defense systems were working in the background of the attack in Canköy and Simferopol.
Sergei Aksenov, later head of Crimea warned Local residents concerned about the fall of unexploded ordnance. In particular, shell fragments may have fallen in and around the village of Donskoye.
Formerly in the Federation Council appreciated For Russia, the danger of ATACMS missiles supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.