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Coverage dated October 16, 2023

Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields, thanking U.S. for providing long-range missiles

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Ukraine's Special Operations Forces claims it destroyed nine Russian helicopters at two airfields in Russia-occupied regions in a nighttime attack.

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  1. PBS NewsHour

    Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields, thanking U.S. for providing long-range missiles (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Ukraine's Special Operations Forces claims it destroyed nine Russian helicopters at two airfields in Russia-occupied regions in a nighttime attack.

  2. New York Post

    Ukraine hits Russian forces with US-sent missiles for the first time (opens New York Post)

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    Ukraine took down nine Russian helicopters in the eastern front Tuesday with longer-range missiles that the US quietly gave them over recent weeks, according to multiple reports

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields and thanks US for providing long-range missiles (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Ukraine on Tuesday claimed to have carried out one of the most destructive attacks on Russian air assets since the beginning of the war, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the assault used longer-range ballistic missiles donated by the United States.

  4. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Ukraine claims major strike on Russian airfields (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    KYIV, Ukraine >> Ukraine today claimed to have carried out one of the most destructive attacks on Russian air assets since the beginning of the war, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the assault used longer-range ballistic missiles donated by the United States.

  5. Insider

    Ukraine says it struck Russian airfields, taking out enemy helicopters, and it looks like it did it with ATACMS it secretly got from the US (opens Insider)

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    Multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter say Kyiv used ATACMS cluster missiles to carry out the attack.

  6. Washington Times

    Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields and thanks U.S. for providing long-range missiles (opens Washington Times)

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    Ukraine on Tuesday claimed to have carried out one of the most destructive attacks on Russian air assets since the beginning of the war, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the assault used longer-range ballistic missiles donated by the United States.

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