Russia uses more accurate weapons in Ukraine war

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The Ministry of Defence says Russia is using out of modern, more accurate weapons (Picture: AP/Getty/AFP)

Russia is accused by the Ministry of Defence of shooting low-precision missiles into Ukraine from the 1960s.

Anti-ship missiles are being used by the invading army on land targets, according to UK sources.

The 5.5-ton Kh-22 missiles, according to the report, are highly imprecise and can cause significant collateral damage and casualties.

They were built to carry nuclear warheads at sea, but intelligence suggests they were re-equipped with conventional bombs for land use.

Russia is likely utilizing such weapons because it lacks more precise modern missiles, according to MOD officials.

It did not specify where such munitions were believed to have been deployed, and there was no immediate confirmation from Ukrainian authorities that the heavy missiles had been used.

According to the assessment, Ukrainian air defenses continue to impede Russian tactical aircraft from conducting strikes across much of the nation.

This photograph taken on June 10, 2022, shows the regional government building destroyed by a Russian missile strike in March 2022, in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)
The regional government building in Mykolaiv remains partly standing as a testament to the destructive of power of Russia’s missile capability (Picture: AFP)

The stalemate over control of eastern Ukraine continues, with no end in sight.

According to the Ukrainian military, Kremlin soldiers made modest advance overnight.

The army’s general staff managed to gain a footing overnight in the village of Bohorodychne, approximately 15 miles northwest of the strategic city of Sloviansk, and was ready to attack it, according to its regular operations briefing.

The potential of missile and airstrikes on Ukraine from Belarusian territory remains, according to the bulletin, which also noted that Minsk has prolonged military drills along the Ukrainian-Belarusian border until June 18.

Kyiv has continued to request more armaments from the West, as its army has become increasingly outmanned and outgunned as Russia has concentrated all of its efforts on the Donbas.

TOPSHOT - An unexploded ordnance is seen at a backdoor of a kindergarten where seven people have been sheltering in the basement for more than two months, in Lysychansk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022. - Intense fighting raged in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region on May 14, 2022, where Russia has been concentrating its forces without making significant progress, while
Unexploded missiles and mines, both on land and at sea, will remain a threat for a long time to come (Picture: AFP)

Following the disastrous failure to take Kyiv, Vladimir Putin redirected his entire war machine to the eastern region.

Separatists backed by Moscow have held parts of the region since 2014, but in recent months have increased their foothold from 7% to around 20% of Ukraine’s territory.

The daily loss of 100 to 200 Ukrainian soldiers, according to Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s president, is the result of a ‘complete lack of parity’ between Ukraine and Russia, he told the BBC this week.

Only more advanced Western weaponry, he claims, will be able to halt Russia’s offensive and force Moscow to negotiate.

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