Russia has threatened to step up its attacks on logistics centres and storage facilities for western weapons in Ukraine, in Moscow’s first direct response to the passage of US military aid for Kyiv.
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that his country had “dispelled the myth of the superiority of western weaponry” as his forces held the initiative along the frontline and were advancing against outmanned and outgunned Ukrainian forces.
“Our high combat potential allows us to constantly rain fire on the enemy and stop him from holding the line of defence,” Shoigu said in his first response since the US House of Representatives last week passed a long-delayed bill allocating $61bn in military aid for Ukraine.