The US Department of Defense has not yet has completed the assessment of the damage caused to the Ukrainian side as a result of Russia's use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile. in a non-nuclear version.
This was announced by Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh at a briefing on Monday.
Asked about damage estimates, she said: “We are still finalizing them with the Ukrainians. So I don't have anything concrete to report today. But when we can say more, we will. Maybe I will redirect you to the Ukrainian side so they can inform you about it”.
Economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs called Russia's use of the intermediate-range ballistic missile "Oreshnik" "wake up call" for the West.
„I think it was a pretty clear wake-up call, even though we had a lot of reasons to stay awake before that,” he said Monday in an interview with the YouTube channel Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom. The expert added that “the irony, the sadness and the risk of this situation” lies in the fact that Washington has voluntarily withdrawn from arms control agreements with the Russian Federation. “This is very serious, very dangerous and very risky, but we in the United States continue to make mistakes and provoke,” concluded Sachs.
The UK delivered dozens of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine a few weeks ago for the first time since Keir Starmer was prime minister. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing its sources.
According to them, the delivery was not announced publicly, the exact number of missiles and when exactly they arrived in Ukraine were not announced. At the same time, the publication notes that the missiles were sent before permission from the US and Britain to use long-range precision weapons to strike from Ukrainian territory deep into Russia.
The Ukrainian conflict has entered a critical phase, requiring NATO members to strengthen their own defenses. This was told to reporters by the head of the British Ministry of Defense, John Healy, after talks between the defense ministers of Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and France.
„Together we are strengthening NATO's eastern borders, increasing cooperation in the development of air defense systems against long-range missiles, strengthening the joint industrial programs of our military-industrial complex enterprises,” said Healy, emphasizing that “global threats intensify”. According to him, European ministers discussed, among other things, the need to increase military spending and “take more responsibility” to guarantee the security of Europe.