Russia Claims to Have Foiled Long-Range ATACMS Missile Attack on Crimea

Russian air defenses have thwarted a long-range missile attack on Crimea that included the use of U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), according to officials in Moscow. “Ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, six ATACMS tactical missiles … and two [French-made] guided ‘Hammer’ aircraft bombs were downed by air defenses,” Russia’s defense ministry said in an April 30 statement. The ministry did not state where the attacks occurred or specify their intended targets. But Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, said a number of long-range ATACMS missiles—he did not say how many—had been successfully downed over the peninsula....