Great Britain will send Storm Shadow long-range missiles in Ukraine, in One more step in the kingdom’s involvement in the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Secretary of State and former military man Ben Wallace announced it Thursday afternoon in the House of Commons.
“Today I can confirm that Britain is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. Storm Shadows are long-range, conventional, and highly accurate,” she said.
“Donating these weapons systems gives Ukraine the best chance to defend itself against Russia’s continued brutality, especially the deliberate attack on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, which is contrary to international law. Ukraine has the right to be able to defend itself against this,” the state secretary said.
“Complements already equipped long-range systems, including the HIMARS and Harpoon missiles, as well as the missile itself Neptune cruise Ukraine and longer-range missions staffed elsewhere,” he explained.
“Ukraine has the right to be able to defend itself against this. The use of Storm Shadow will allow Ukraine to push back the Russian forces, based on the sovereign territory of UkraineSecretary Ben Wallace said.
an old request
Ukraine has long asked these types of weapons. But the United States and other countries have not been willing to provide them, should attacks on Russia escalate.
Moscow previously warned against Kiev’s allies supplying long-range weapons, saying so they would cross a “red line”.
It was CNN that got the scoop, citing several top Western officials.
He said Britain had received reassurances from the Ukrainian government “these missiles would be used only within the sovereign territory of Ukraine and not within Russia.”
“Extremely Negative”, This is the first comment from Moscow, which threatens the United Kingdom for the decision to deliver long-range missiles to Ukraine.
They could cause an escalation
Analysts fear that long-range missiles could trigger an escalation of the war. no one knows yet what can Moscow’s response be?
The decision to supply Ukraine with cruise missiles for the first time is a significant move by the United Kingdom, which it will create a new skill to strike deeper than ever at Russian troops and weapons.
But President Volodimir Zelensky assures this I can’t send yet the counter-offensive because their forces lack all the necessary logistics.
The British decision means that the growing pleas of Ukraine’s political and military leadership of an increased ability to defeat Russian positions inside Ukrainian territory as the country prepares to launch a new counter-offensive.
missile capabilities
The Storm Shadow cruise missile, with a range of up to 300 km, a warhead that can load up to 450 kilosit’s a gun for taking down bunkers with high precisionlaunched from aircraft with the ability to hit targets at a distance.
It was a Franco-British project, developed in the 90s and each missile costs £2 million ($2.5 million).
You can drill some 2 meters of concretemaking it the ideal ammunition against high-value targets such as command headquarters and weapons depots. No one knows under what circumstances the Ukrainian military will use it.
“Usable immediately”
A Ukrainian military source said so can be retrofitted to fighter jets of the Ukrainian Air Force.
“It can be adapted, or has already been adapted, for the available Ukrainian aircraft and can be used immediatelyThe source told Sky News.
Moscow has already said that the UK’s decision would require “an adequate response from our military”, without specifying what that might be.
the great fear is to enter Russian territory. A mission that Ukraine has promised not to carry out. That’s why the United States has resisted so far.
The Royal Air Force has deployed Storm Shadow missiles from its fast jets multiple times, including against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and also during the Libyan campaign and the 2003 Iraq war.
I’m already in Ukraine
According to Sky News, the Storm Shadow missiles donated by the UK I’m already in Ukraine. The Ukrainian prime minister and President Zelensky’s wife were in London last week and both attended the coronation ceremonies of King Charles III.
This was announced by the Wagner group, which brings together mercenaries, and is a private company that wages war on behalf of Russia in Ukraine the Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun.
The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Thursday that Russian troops they retreated up to 2 km near Bakhmut, due to Ukrainian counterattacks.
“Thanks to our well-thought-out defense in the Bakhmut sector, we are getting results from the effective actions of our units. In particular, we are carrying out effective counterattacks. In some areas of the front line, the enemy could not resist the attack of the Ukrainian defenders and retreated to a distance of up to 2 kilometers,” he wrote on Telegram.
Colonel Syrskyi said that the defensive operation exhausted the strength of the Wagner group and forced Moscow to replace them.
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Source: Clarin
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