Ukrainian servicemen ride a M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border in Sumy region, Ukraine August 16, 2024. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's foreign ministry said Ukraine had used Western rockets, likely U.S.-made HIMARS, to destroy a bridge over the Seym river in the Kursk region, killing volunteers trying to evacuate civilians.
"For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western-made rocket launchers, probably American HIMARS," Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, said late on Friday on the Telegram messaging app.
