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Ukraine fires long-range Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time

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Ukrainian armed forces fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time on Wednesday, the second long-range assault after the US approved their usage earlier this week.

Officials said the use of the Storm Shadows, Britain’s equivalent of the US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), was approved in direct response to the presence of thousands of North Korean Troops in the Kursk region, Bloomberg reports.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer alluded to the Storm Shadows’ immediate use during Tuesday’s G20 summit, vowing that Britain would “double down” its support for Ukraine after President Joe Biden approved the use of ATACMS against the Kremlin.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/world-news/ukraine-fires-long-range-storm-shadow-missiles-into-russia-for-the-first-time/


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