The DPR spoke about the “experience of interaction” of Russian air defense with ATACMS missiles

Russian air defense systems already interacted with the long-range ATACMS missiles that Kyiv received from Washington. About it stated Advisor to the head of the DPR Yan Gagin in a commentary to RIA Novosti.

“Now our air defenses have experience interacting with these products. Let’s call these strikes experience, from which we will have to draw some lessons in order to effectively defeat such targets. I think this will be done by our armed forces,” he said, noting that Russian air defense “covers pretty well. In this regard, Moscow can resist any threat, Gagin added.

On October 17, it became known that the United States had supplied ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine. On the same day, this information was confirmed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Russian President Vladimir Putin October 18 statedthat Russia will be able to repel Ukrainian attacks with ATACMS missiles. He called the statements that Russia is “losing the war” ridiculous, since it is becoming unclear why the United States supplied long-range missiles to Kyiv.

Russian authorities have repeatedly criticized the supply of Western weapons to the Ukrainian authorities. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, warned that pumping Ukraine up with weapons is bringing NATO closer to the dangerous point of a direct military clash with Russia. Commenting on the supply of ATACMS missiles to Kyiv, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov notedthat the United States, with its decision, undermines strategic and regional security and is pushing NATO towards a direct clash with Russia.