Ukraine plans to conduct missile test launches near the border with Russian-occupied Crimea this week amid threats from Moscow that it will launch a military strike in retaliation.
Kiev’s armed forces are expected to hold the training missile launches on Thursday and Friday. A spokesman for Ukraine’s defense ministry said Wednesday that the exercises will take place despite threats from Russia.
The Russian defense ministry warned in a letter to the Ukrainian embassy in Russia last week that Moscow’s forces would shoot down Ukrainian missiles and engage missiles launchers if Kiev moved forward with the missile launches.
The Russian defense ministry accused Ukraine …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
