It's official: Britain hands Ukraine Storm Shadow cruise missiles with a range of around 300km

A few hours ago, CNN reported that CNN: UK gives Ukraine Storm Shadow aircraft cruise missiles with a range of up to 250km. This information has now been confirmed.

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This was revealed by UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Sky News reports. Some of the missiles are already in the possession of the AFU. It is not yet known how many Storm Shadow missiles will be transferred to Ukraine. By the way, Britain has about 1,000 of them.

Flashback

Storm Shadow is a French-British air-to-ground cruise missile. It is being developed by the MBDA company. The missile is designed to destroy important targets that are well protected by air defenses. Storm Shadow can be used at any time of day and in adverse weather conditions. It is capable of engaging targets at ranges of up to 1000 km. Ukraine is likely to get an export version of the missile with an operational range of about 300 km.

Source: Sky News