Russia said Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles into the country, a day after Washington gave its permission for such attacks, BBC reported.
In a statement, Russia’s defence ministry said the strike was launched at 03:25 (00:25 GMT).
A fire caused by fallen debris from one of the missiles was quickly extinguished and there were no casualties, it said.
According to the defense ministry, Ukraine used the Army Tactical Missile System (Atacms) in a strike on Russia's Bryansk region in the morning.
Five missiles were shot down and one damaged, with its fragments causing a fire at a military facility in the region, it said in a statement.
The strike represents the first time the long-range missiles have been used on Russia's internationally-recognised territory and comes shortly after Washington signalled Ukraine had permission to fire the Atacms into Russia.
Earlier on Monday Moscow said any such attack would prompt an "appropriate and tangible response".
Ukraine has already been using Atacms in Russian-occupied areas of its territory for more than a year.
The missiles can hit targets at a range of up to 300km (186 miles) and are difficult to intercept.
Kyiv is now able to strike deeper into Russia using the missiles, including around the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces hold over 1,000 sq km of territory. Ukrainian and US officials reportedly expect a counter-offensive in the region.
Ukraine’s military earlier confirmed that it had struck an ammunition warehouse in the Russian region of Bryansk, but it did not specify whether Atacms were used.
It said the attack, on a depot around 100km from the border near the town of Karachev, caused 12 secondary explosions.
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