Ukraine has fired a British Storm Shadow missile at Russia for the first time, the Telegraph reported. This attack was decided two days after Joe Biden agreed to use the ATACMS system.
According to the Telegraph, on Wednesday residents of the village of Marino in the Kursk region discovered fragments of a Storm Shadow missile. This information was also reported by Bloomberg, citing an unnamed Western official.
A photo of a medium-sized piece of metal marked as part of a bullet was posted on the Internet. A spokeswoman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declined to comment.
See also: Ukrainians attack ATACMS missile. Moscow confirmed
Storm Shadow is a rocket with a range of 250-300km, length of 510cm, width of 63cm, and height of 48cm. They feature the ability to fly to designated targets very low to the ground, making them difficult to detect by the enemy.
War in Ukraine. Biden approved the use of ATACMS
Britain's decision to use missiles follows actions by US President Joe Biden. Earlier this week, the president gave Ukraine the green light to use long-range U.S. missiles inside Russian territory.
According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense, between Monday and Tuesday, the Ukrainian military used six ATACMS missiles to attack facilities in the Bryansk region. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, five missiles were destroyed by S-400 and Pantsir-S1 crews. Previously, information about attacks using American missiles was published by the RBC-Ukraine website.
See also: ATACMS missiles in the hands of Ukraine. Zelenskiy: We will use them.
On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was asked about reports about the attack in Russia's Bryansk region. “Currently, we have a long-range capability of Ukraine called ATACMS, and we will use it,” the Ukrainian president replied, the station reported.
Earlier, Reuters highlighted that the use of ATACMS in Russia was confirmed by “official sources” in Ukraine. In response, Brian Nichols, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, publicly acknowledged that Ukraine has new opportunities to use U.S. missiles.
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