Russia shells Ukraine with its own missiles

As part of the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal - the third largest in the world at the time = and handed over to Russia in exchange for security guarantees.

All ballistic missiles, strategic bombers Tu-160 and Tu-95 were also handed over. Now from these bombers they use X-55 missiles against us. It would have been better if we had handed them over to the US, Vadim Skibitsky, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, told The New York Times.

Vadim Skibitsky reported:

Intelligence officers, after firings, began detecting subsonic X-55 cruise missiles, which were manufactured in the 1970s to carry a nuclear warhead, while the warhead was removed and ballast added to disguise the fact that it was not carrying a payload.

According to Skibitsky, the missiles were most likely part of the weapons Ukraine handed over to Russia back in the 1990s as part of an international agreement aimed at ensuring the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Skibitskyy noted:

Russia is using Ukrainian missiles as decoys to force Ukraine to use air defence against them during the shelling. The X-55 missile is launched first, we react to it. It's like a decoy target.