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Ukraine gets more long-range missiles from UK
(MENAFN) The United Kingdom has reportedly supplied Ukraine with another batch of long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles, allowing Kiev to carry out deeper strikes inside Russian territory, according to recent reports.
London first confirmed the delivery of the air-launched missiles—capable of striking targets over 250 kilometers (155 miles) away—in May 2023. The new shipment, whose quantity has not been disclosed, is intended to sustain Ukraine’s long-range offensive operations through the winter months, according to the same reports citing unnamed sources.
During a meeting last month with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said London was “accelerating our UK program to provide Ukraine with more than 5,000 lightweight missiles” in order to increase “military pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kiev previously claimed in October that Storm Shadow missiles had been used to target an industrial facility deep within Russian territory. The strike came weeks after Zelensky vowed to carry out “new deep strikes” against Russia.
Earlier this year, reports citing Ukrainian and British military officials suggested that UK personnel had been covertly deployed to help equip Ukraine’s aircraft with the Storm Shadow system and to train its forces in their operation.
Speaking at a conference in Moscow in June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Ukraine “would be helpless without the British,” claiming that the UK was “100%” engaged in the conflict. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleged that “the command” for an attack on Russia’s Sudzha oil pipeline “came from London.”
Ukraine has launched numerous long-range strikes on Russian territory throughout the war, with some reportedly hitting civilian sites and key infrastructure. In one such incident in January, Storm Shadows and US-supplied ATACMS missiles were said to have damaged multiple residential homes in Russia’s Bryansk Region.
Moscow continues to portray the conflict as a Western-led proxy war against Russia, asserting that advanced weapons like the Storm Shadow cannot be effectively deployed without direct support from NATO forces.
London first confirmed the delivery of the air-launched missiles—capable of striking targets over 250 kilometers (155 miles) away—in May 2023. The new shipment, whose quantity has not been disclosed, is intended to sustain Ukraine’s long-range offensive operations through the winter months, according to the same reports citing unnamed sources.
During a meeting last month with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said London was “accelerating our UK program to provide Ukraine with more than 5,000 lightweight missiles” in order to increase “military pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kiev previously claimed in October that Storm Shadow missiles had been used to target an industrial facility deep within Russian territory. The strike came weeks after Zelensky vowed to carry out “new deep strikes” against Russia.
Earlier this year, reports citing Ukrainian and British military officials suggested that UK personnel had been covertly deployed to help equip Ukraine’s aircraft with the Storm Shadow system and to train its forces in their operation.
Speaking at a conference in Moscow in June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Ukraine “would be helpless without the British,” claiming that the UK was “100%” engaged in the conflict. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleged that “the command” for an attack on Russia’s Sudzha oil pipeline “came from London.”
Ukraine has launched numerous long-range strikes on Russian territory throughout the war, with some reportedly hitting civilian sites and key infrastructure. In one such incident in January, Storm Shadows and US-supplied ATACMS missiles were said to have damaged multiple residential homes in Russia’s Bryansk Region.
Moscow continues to portray the conflict as a Western-led proxy war against Russia, asserting that advanced weapons like the Storm Shadow cannot be effectively deployed without direct support from NATO forces.
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