A few hours after the US authorised strikes on Russian territory, Ukraine launches "High-Mars" at Belgorod region

After receiving permission from the United States on Friday to use their weapons to strike military targets in Russia, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired HIMARS missiles at the occupiers' base in the Belgorod region of Russia the same night.

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That night, the Ukrainian army targeted several of its HIMARS wheeled launchers at Belgorod, 30 km north of the Russian-Ukrainian border.

"This is a welcome step that will now allow us to better protect Ukraine and Ukrainians from Russian terror and attempts to start a war," wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Belgorod and nearby towns are the base of operations for the Russian army's northern group of troops, which has been attacking Ukrainian border towns since 10 May. The Russians' goal is to break through the Ukrainian lines and advance towards Kharkiv.

In three weeks of fierce fighting, this grouping of Russian troops has seized a chain of border villages at great cost and turned the town of Vovchansk into a battlefield.

Source: Forbes