Of the Ukrainian Military intelligence. He said that basically nine people were killed and 16 injured. We are not clear how he got that information, we are not clear whether it is true, it certainly hasnt been verified yet. One of the things he said was that two russian generals had been badly injured in the attack. One is part of the operation in zaporizhzhia which lies to the north east of crimea and the other person is linked to russias north sea fleet. Both those people apparently, according to Ukrainian Military intelligence, badly injured. He did not comment on reports that the admiral of russias Black Sea Fleet was killed, so that certainly, even from the ukrainian side, hasnt stood up in any way. Ukraine Special Forces have also commented. They have said basically the attack was timed to coincide with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces but with a meeting of the leadership of russias navalforces but again with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces
It comes as reports in the American Media suggest that the United States is planning to give ukraine advanced long range missiles to help with its ongoing counteroffensive against russia. They quote us officials familiar with the issue as saying ukraine will get some missiles similar to the ones were seeing here with a range of up to 190 miles. That would allow kyiv to hit russian targets deep behind the front line. Neither the us nor ukraine have officially confirmed the media reports. With more on this im joined from the newsroom by Europe Regional Editor for the bbc world service, danny aeberhard. Hello. Think you forjoining us. We have heard a lot about the significance of the specific type of weapons. Can you tell us a bit about them . ~ ,. , weapons. Can you tell us a bit about them . , them . Well, this is our basically wea ons them . Well, this is our basically weapons that them . Well, this is our basically weapons that go them . Well, this is our basically weapons that go wit
Samir puri is a lecturer in war studies at Kings College london. He says the commitment by the us to supply more weapons is significant. As the Army Tactical Missile System that the us has finally authorised the gifting to ukraine and it is about the range of the missiles they can fire. 190 miles, significantly further in the Storm Shadow Missile than the Storm Shadow Missile which is 150 miles range. The significance is this is something that ukraine and those supporting the arming of ukraine have really been asking for for months and months and months. Arguably creating the impression this is a war winning weapon whereas i think in reality, what this will do is give the Ukrainian Armed forces another tool to try and degrade the russian defensive positions but by no means guarantee actually breaking through and kicking the russian army out of all parts of ukraine. The missle strike on the Crimean Peninsula, this is an enormous achievement by the Ukrainian Armed forces because lets not
In an interview that russian commanders were among those injured in the attack this has not been independently confirmed. This has not been independently russias Ministry Of Defence said on friday that one serviceman was missing. Samir puri is a lecturer in war studies at Kings College london. He says the commitment by the us to supply more weapons is significant. As the Army Tactical Missile System that the us has finally authorised the gifting to ukraine and it is about the range of the missiles they can fire. 190 miles, significantly further in the Storm Shadow Missile which is 150 miles range. The significance is this is something that ukraine and those supporting the arming of ukraine have really been asking for four months and months and months. Arguably creating the impression this is a wart winning weapon whereas i think in reality, what this will do is give the Ukrainian Armed forces another two to try and degrade the russian defensive positions but by no means guarantee actua
That would be a significant blow to the russian commanding Control Structures because it is very dependent on its officers. But i havent seen any official or nonofficial confirmation from public sources that i have been reading. Again, if these claims are true, that would be significant for the ukrainians because obviously the russian Officers Navy headquarters were relocated underground, so they had to bring them to the headquarters higherfloors in order to kill those officers. We are expecting russias Foreign Minister to speak in the next hour or so in new york where he has been at the United Nations general assembly. Do you think he will comment on this strike . What do you expect the russian reaction might be . Perhaps we can expect three narratives. First of all, russia has so called red lines that the west shouldnt cross but we havent seen any evidence that russia significantly retaliates, for example, attacks on crimea. Secondly, it would be about appealing to the global souther