Ukraine’s General Staff names regions threatened by Bal missile system relocated to Russian border region

Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff Oleksii Hromov said this at a briefing.

According to him, Russia is increasing the number of tactical missile troops in the areas bordering Ukraine and has deployed a division of the Bal coastal missile system to the Bryansk region.

“This increases the threat of enemy strikes with Kh-35 missiles, whose range allows them to hit targets in the Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions,” Hromov said.

• On June 12, the National Resistance Center reported that Russian troops had moved Bal coastal missile systems to the Bryansk region to fire at peaceful Ukrainian cities.

• On June 13, the Air Force said that it would be difficult for air defense to respond to shelling from the Bal missile systems brought to the Bryansk region by the occupying Russian forces.