Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Picture: AFP)
Russia has vowed to launch an ‘adequate response’ to the UK amid reports it supplied cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a CNN story published today that claimed British defence officials gave Kyiv multiple Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
Citing several Western intelligence sources, the American broadcaster said the ‘game-changer’ weapons come ahead of a looming counteroffensive from Ukraine.
A Storm Shadow, the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) long-range cruise missile, have a sprawling range of up to 190 missiles and could reach deep into occupied territory.
One Western official told CNN that the UK government has received ‘assurances’ from Kyiv that the Ukranian government will only use the missiles in Ukranian sovereign territory, not inside Russia.
The UK Ministry of Defence declined to comment.
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Sources claim that Westminster handed Kyiv long-range missiles.