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Keir Starmer gives go-ahead for British 'Storm Shadow' missiles to be used in strikes against targets inside Russia

Keir Starmer gives go-ahead for British missiles to be used in strikes against targets inside Russia

https://news.sky.com/story/keir-starmer-gives-go-ahead-for-british-missiles-to-be-used-in-strikes-against-targets-inside-russia-13176370

The decision over the use of Storm Shadow missiles, which has been welcomed by Ukraine, represents a hawkish shift in policy from the stance taken by the former Conservative government.

This appears to be a move to counter the UMPK gliding bombs Russia has started using recently to great effect against Ukraine.

Russia can launch these from Russian soil, safe from Ukrainian fire. These missiles will allow Ukraine to strike grounded planes and weapons stockpiles in Russia.

It's an interesting move, considering the US has been telling Ukraine not to use any western long-range weapons against Russia directly.

8 comments

Badeendje

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550km range, let's go.

dactylotheca

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Good that more and more countries are making this decision, there's no point in limiting where Ukraine can use the weapons they have

autotldr

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

Signalling the move, but declining to get into "operational arrangements", John Healey, the new defence secretary, told Sky News that Britain "will do all we can to help Ukraine in their fight to repel Putin's invasion".

Speaking in Washington, Mr Healey said: "We provide weapons equipment where we can for them to defend themselves, and as we do for ourselves and any other nation in conflict, we require, because it's international law, that war is conducted within those rules of the Geneva Convention."

In a post on X after the meeting with Sir Keir, President Zelenskyy said: "This morning, I learned about the permission to use Storm Shadow missiles against military targets in Russian territory.

In a lengthy declaration, the alliance's members announced that Ukraine was on an "irreversible" path to NATO membership, with wording important to the Ukrainian government, but likely to agitate Moscow.

Privately, Washington-based European diplomats are more candid, saying that the existing but gradual rebalancing of NATO's power could morph into a brutal shift away from US dominance of the alliance in a Trump second term.

Today, Senate Democrats will have lunch with top Biden advisers Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, as well as the Biden-Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon.

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makeasnek

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Let's go 🔥🔥🔥

intelisense

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Storm shadow seems to be bunker busting missiles, so I don't think they're a great fit for taking out planes, unfortunately.

CyberEgg

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Not planes in the air, no. But they're talking grounded planes, depots, etc.

intelisense

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I am thinking of grounded planes. Surely you want a wide area of impact to increase your chances of success, not a 100m deep crater where one plane was.

TheGrandNagus

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Like I said in the body, grounded planes and munitions facilities, not planes in the air