The United Kingdom has authorized Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles in attacks against Russian territory. There are reports of debris from these missiles in Russia’s Kursk and Krasnodar regions. See the map.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine used, this Wednesday, for the first time, British Storm Shadow cruise missiles on Russian territory, according to the Bloomberg agency and The Guardian newspaper, citing several sources.
“The United Kingdom approved the use of Storm Shadow missiles in response to Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops in its war against Ukraine, a move that the British government considered an escalation,” a Western official told Bloomberg on condition of anonymity.
This information was reinforced by The Guardian, which reported this Wednesday that Ukraine “Fired UK-made missiles at Russia for the first time”according to several sources consulted by the British newspaper.
The Ukrinform agency mentions Russian propaganda channels on the Telegram network, which report the presence of remnants of Storm Shadow in the Kursk region, while two missiles were intercepted over Yeysk, a Black Sea port in Krasnodar.
The authorities of London, kyiv and Moscow They have not yet confirmed the authorization of the British. for Ukraine to use this type of long-range weaponry against Russia.
“At this time I cannot go into further operational details”Defense Secretary John Healey said in the House of Commons, according to the BBC, adding that “Ukraine’s action on the battlefield speaks for itself.”
The official simply said that he spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday and that the two discussed “a robust response” to Russia’s recent military escalation and the United Kingdom’s plan to support kyiv throughout 2025.
The British missile strike comes two days after Ukrainian forces used long-range US ATACMS missiles in Russia’s Bryansk region, shortly after an authorization to kyiv by outgoing US President Joe Biden.
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On Tuesday, one thousand days since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that increases the possibilities of using Russia’s nuclear weapons.
Several Western powers had already warned that they considered unacceptable the mobilization of some ten thousand North Korean soldiers to fight alongside the Russian army in the Kursk border region, invaded by Ukrainian troops in August.
This military escalation in the Ukrainian war comes as Ukrainian forces face an advance by Russian troops in the eastern Donetsk region and seek to maintain their positions in Kursk.
Source: Observadora
