00:55Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
Drone footage shows a missile system on Ukrainian territory firing off several shots before being hit and exploding, in the Sumy region bordering Russia's Kursk.
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, its Iskander missile system was used to destroy what it said was a HIMARS MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) used by the Ukrainian military to shell the Kursk region. HIMARS was developed for the US army in the late 1990s.
"As a result of the strike, a HIMARS MLRS launcher, an additional package (six missiles) and two guard vehicles were destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine has not commented. Ukrainian forces entered Kursk region on August 6, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a 'large-scale provocation'.
Earlier this week, Kursk region's acting government reported that 12 people had been killed and 121 wounded, including 10 children. Kursk's acting governor also claimed that "28 settlements are under the enemy's control", with Ukrainian forces advancing to 12 kilometres in depth and 40 kilometres across.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while around 121,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
On Tuesday, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky claimed that Ukrainian forces controlled '74 settlements', having previously stated that his forces had '1,000 square kilometres' of Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine'.
The US State Department has said that its policy of using US weapons to "target imminent threats just across the border" had not changed and that the incursion had not violated US policy.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Direct hit - Russian forces destroy 'HIMARS missile launcher used in Kursk attack'
Drone footage shows a missile system on Ukrainian territory firing off several shots before being hit and exploding, in the Sumy region bordering Russia's Kursk.
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, its Iskander missile system was used to destroy what it said was a HIMARS MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) used by the Ukrainian military to shell the Kursk region. HIMARS was developed for the US army in the late 1990s.
"As a result of the strike, a HIMARS MLRS launcher, an additional package (six missiles) and two guard vehicles were destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine has not commented. Ukrainian forces entered Kursk region on August 6, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a 'large-scale provocation'.
Earlier this week, Kursk region's acting government reported that 12 people had been killed and 121 wounded, including 10 children. Kursk's acting governor also claimed that "28 settlements are under the enemy's control", with Ukrainian forces advancing to 12 kilometres in depth and 40 kilometres across.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while around 121,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
On Tuesday, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky claimed that Ukrainian forces controlled '74 settlements', having previously stated that his forces had '1,000 square kilometres' of Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine'.
The US State Department has said that its policy of using US weapons to "target imminent threats just across the border" had not changed and that the incursion had not violated US policy.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
Drone footage shows a missile system on Ukrainian territory firing off several shots before being hit and exploding, in the Sumy region bordering Russia's Kursk.
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, its Iskander missile system was used to destroy what it said was a HIMARS MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) used by the Ukrainian military to shell the Kursk region. HIMARS was developed for the US army in the late 1990s.
"As a result of the strike, a HIMARS MLRS launcher, an additional package (six missiles) and two guard vehicles were destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine has not commented. Ukrainian forces entered Kursk region on August 6, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a 'large-scale provocation'.
Earlier this week, Kursk region's acting government reported that 12 people had been killed and 121 wounded, including 10 children. Kursk's acting governor also claimed that "28 settlements are under the enemy's control", with Ukrainian forces advancing to 12 kilometres in depth and 40 kilometres across.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while around 121,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
On Tuesday, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky claimed that Ukrainian forces controlled '74 settlements', having previously stated that his forces had '1,000 square kilometres' of Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine'.
The US State Department has said that its policy of using US weapons to "target imminent threats just across the border" had not changed and that the incursion had not violated US policy.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.