It’s official: The United Kingdom is providing Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles with a range of about 300 km
A few hours ago, CNN reported that the United Kingdom had handed over Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine. This information has now been confirmed.
This was announced by British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, Sky News reports. Some of the missiles are already in the Armed Forces. It is not yet known how many Storm Shadow missiles will be transferred to Ukraine. By the way, the UK has about 1000 of them.
Storm Shadow is a French-British air-to-ground cruise missile. It is being developed by MBDA. The missile is designed to destroy important targets that are well protected by air defense systems. Storm Shadow can be used at any time of the day and in difficult weather conditions. It can hit targets at a distance of up to 1000 km. Ukraine has most likely received an export version of the missile with an operational range of about 300 km.
