UK sending long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, says defence minister
Posted: 12th May 2023
Britain donating arms capable of striking targets in occupied Crimea as Kyiv prepares counteroffensive against Russia
Dan Sabbagh and Luke Harding in Mykolaiv
Thu 11 May 2023 19.19 BSTBritain has become the first western country to provide Ukraine with the long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles that Kyiv wants to boost its chances in a much-anticipated counteroffensive, prompting a threat from the Kremlin of a military response.
Hours after Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he needed more western weapons to be confident of a victory this summer, Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, told MPs that the missiles – which cost more than £2m each – were “now going in, or are in the country itself”.