Russia vows retaliation after Ukrainian strike

MOSCOW — Russia will "definitely" respond to a Ukrainian attack on a southern airfield using US-supplied ATACMS missiles, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

Ukrainian forces on Wednesday launched a missile strike with Western high-precision weapons on the Taganrog military airfield in the Rostov region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles were used, the ministry noted.

A response "will follow when, and in a way that is deemed, appropriate. It will definitely follow," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.