The 9M723 missiles, part of the Iskander-M missile complex, are seen during a demonstration at the ARMY-2019 International Military-Technical Forum at the Alabino test site in the Moscow region, Russia, June 25, 2019. REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov / File photo
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April 24 (Reuters) – Russia has deployed Iskander-M mobile missile systems within 60km (40 miles) of Ukraine’s border, Ukraine’s General Staff said Sunday.
“Then the enemy increased the number of troops in the Belgorod region by transferring and concentrating additional units,” the daily morning update of the Ukrainian armed forces said.
“According to the available information, the Iskander-M launchers are located 60 km from the border with Ukraine,” the statement said, without providing further details on the location of the systems.
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Reuters could not immediately verify the reports. There was no immediate reaction from Moscow to the reports.
Belgorod is a city and administrative center of the Russian Belgorod region, north of the border with Ukraine.
Iskander, a mobile ballistic missile system codenamed SS-26 Stone from NATO, replaced the Soviet Scud missile. Its two guided missiles have a range of up to 500 km (300 miles) and can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.
Russia said on Friday it wanted to control all of southern Ukraine. Kyiv said it shows that Moscow has broader goals than its stated goal of demilitarizing and “denationalizing” the country. Ukraine and the West call the invasion, now in its third month, an unjustified aggressive war. Read more
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Report by Lydia Kelly in Melbourne; Edited by William Mallard
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