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UK to send long-range missiles to Ukraine - reports

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 9 May 2023 17:30
2 Min Read

US intelligence confirmed that the UK was planning to send Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, according to the leaked Pentagon documents.

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  • A RAF Typhoon FGR4 departs with 2 Storm Shadows missiles, 2021 (Image credit: UK MoD)
    An RAF Typhoon FGR4 departs with 2 Storm Shadows missiles, 2021 (Image credit: UK MoD)

After the US persistently declined Kiev's demands for long-range missiles, the UK seems to be presenting itself as Kiev's alternative source for long range-missiles, the Washington Post reported citing sources in the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) procurement notice. 

Back in early May,  the UK's Defense Ministry asked for "expressions of interest" in providing strike capabilities with a range of up to 300 kilometers, the Washington Post report said. 

Nothing is final in regards to the missiles, the newspaper reported citing a UK official. Neither the type of missiles nor the quantity nor the timing were specified. 

However, the requested specifications and capabilities for the long-range missiles correspond to that of the UK’s air-launched Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

The report added, citing recently leaked Pentagon documents, US intelligence confirmed that the UK was planning to send Storm Shadow missiles to Kiev. 

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