Ukraine is finally using its powerful, longer-range Western missiles to strike targets inside Russia after waiting more than a year for permission.
On Wednesday, Ukraine fired British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time, according to several media outlets and local footage. The UK defense ministry and Kyiv didn’t immediately comment on the reported developments.
Ukraine fired a volley of at least 10 Storm Shadow missiles into Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Ukrainian and Western officials.
The Storm Shadow strikes came a day after Ukraine first fired US-made tactical ballistic missiles, known as ATACMS, at a military facility in Russia’s western Bryansk region. Kyiv acknowledged the strike but didn’t say what weapons were used.
Ukraine had long been prohibited from using these Western missiles to strike inside Russia, but President Joe Biden authorized the use of ATACMS over the weekend in a major policy shift, and the UK seemed to follow suit with Storm Shadow. Both missiles have now been used in strikes on Russian soil.
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