Written by HANNA ARHIROVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine fired six long-range missiles supplied by the United States at Russia’s Bryansk region, Moscow said Tuesday. 1000 days of war.

Reported usage Army Tactical Missile System known as ATACMSArrived as Russian President Vladimir Putin officially lowered the threshold Because it uses nuclear weapons, it opens the door to a potential nuclear response from Moscow to even a conventional attack by any country backed by a nuclear power. This could include US-backed attacks on Ukraine

A Telegram channel affiliated with the Ukrainian military posted a video on Tuesday showing U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles being fired from an undisclosed location in Ukraine. The Associated Press could not independently verify the date and location where the video was shot.

The developments marked a worrying new escalation in the conflict that has repeatedly escalated international tensions. US officials have recently expressed concern about this situation Russia’s North Korean military deployment To help him fight Ukraine Moscow boiled when is washington restrictions eased Recently at ATACMS.

Amid signs that a turning point could come when US President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House in about two months, the 1,000-day period has magnified scrutiny of how the war is unfolding and how it might end. Trump vowed to end the war quickly and criticized the amount the United States spent supporting Ukraine.

Analysts say neither Russia nor Ukraine can sustain the war for long, but Russia may be able to continue longer due to its greater resources.

Ukrainian forces are under intense Russian pressure across a nearly 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front-line battlefield. his army is weakened. Meanwhile, Ukrainian civilians has been attacked many times By Russian drones and missiles.

On Tuesday, Ukraine claimed to have hit a military weapons depot in Russia’s Bryansk region at midnight, but did not specify which weapons it used. Ukrainian General Staff said that many explosions and explosions were heard in the targeted area around Karachev.

At the press conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to give any details when asked whether he had hit the ammunition depot in the Bryansk region of Ukraine with ATACMS. However, he said, “Ukraine has long-range capabilities, including domestically produced long-range unmanned aerial vehicles… and now we also have ATACMS.”

In a statement carried by Russian news agencies, the Russian Defense Ministry said the army shot five people. ATACMS missiles and damaged another one. The ministry said the pieces fell on the territory of an unspecified military facility. It was stated that the falling debris caused a fire but did not cause any damage or loss of life.

Neither side’s claims could be independently verified.

Karachev is about 115 kilometers (70 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border. During the war, Ukraine was able to reach much deeper into the vast country with drones rather than missiles. For example, Russian officials reported the interception of Ukrainian drones over Moscow, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the border, and most recently over Izhevsk, a city about 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) from the border.

Early Tuesday, Ukrainian officials reported that at least 12 people, including a child, were killed in the third Russian attack on a residential area in Ukraine in as many days.

Officials stated that the attack carried out by the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle in the northern Sumy region late on Monday hit the dormitory of an educational facility in the town of Hlukhiv, injuring 11 people, including two children, and said that more people may be trapped under the rubble.

On Sunday, a Russian ballistic missile with cluster bombs hit the Sumy settlement in northern Ukraine, killing 11 people and injuring 84 people. On Monday, Russian missile bombardment caused a fire in apartment buildings in the southern port of Odessa, killing at least 10 people and injuring 43 others.

Zelenskyy said a series of airstrikes proved Putin was not interested in ending the war.

“Each new attack by Russia confirms Putin’s true intentions. He wants the war to continue. Conversations about peace are not interesting to him. “We must force Russia to a just peace by using force,” Zelenskyy said.

Russia has deployed about 11,000 North Korean troops along Ukraine’s borders and that number could rise to 100,000, Zelenskyy told European Union lawmakers via video link.

He personally took part in the Ukrainian parliament, where he presented what he called a “resistance plan” to counter the relentless Russian offensive. He said he expected important moments in the war next year.