UK Defence Secretary confirms Storm Shadow missiles being sent to Ukraine

The relevant statement was made by UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, referring to Sky News.

“Today, I can confirm that the UK is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. Storm Shadow is a long-range conventional-only precision strike capability,” Wallace said.

In his words, it complements the long-range systems already gifted, including HIMARS and Harpoon missiles, as well as Ukraine’s own Neptune Cruise missile and “longer-range missions elsewhere gifted.”

“Ukraine has a right to be able to defend itself against this. The use of Storm Shadow will allow Ukraine to push back Russian forces based within Ukrainian sovereign territory,” Wallace stressed.

A reminder that CNN reported earlier, referring to several high-ranking Western officials, that the United Kingdom had delivered long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine ahead of the expected counteroffensive.