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Ukraine Uses Two Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles, One US-Made Decoy Missile: LPR Authorities
Ukraine Uses Two Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles, One US-Made Decoy Missile: LPR Authorities
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Ukraine used two Anglo-French Storm Shadow cruise missiles and one US-made ADM-160 MALD decoy missile to shell Lugansk on May 12, the representative office of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) in JCCC said.
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Earlier, Sputnik correspondent reported there were two explosions in Lugansk on Friday. The JCCC said that Kiev used two Ukrainian-made Grom missiles. Six children were injured as a result of the attack. The Storm Shadow is a cruise missile that can travel up to 250 km for the export version and up to 560 km for the domestic model. If launched over northeastern Ukraine, the Anglo-French missile could target major Russian cities such as Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Sevastopol, and much of Belarus, including its capital, Minsk.The Storm Shadow is the most powerful NATO missile provided to Kiev to date and supersedes the HIMARS rockets that were delivered in large numbers over the past year. At the same time, it is worth noting that these missiles are compatible with Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale, Mirage 2000, and Tornado jets, none of which are in Ukraine's possession. The UK and NATO have been hesitant to provide advanced aircraft to Kiev due to concerns that Russia would quickly destroy them.To operate these missiles, Ukraine's Air Force would have to adapt them to their existing MiG-29 or Su-27 fighters, Su-25 close air support bombers, or Su-24 strike jets.Recently, Britain's Defense Secretary Ben Wallace declared that the missiles were either already in Ukraine or are on their way. While UK officials have privately guaranteed that Kiev has pledged not to use the missiles to attack targets within Russia, Moscow remains wary, given Ukraine's history of indiscriminate and deliberate targeting of cities in Donbass and attempted missile, artillery, and drone attacks on targets deep inside Russia.
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Ukraine Uses Two Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles, One US-Made Decoy Missile: LPR Authorities
12:22 13.05.2023 (Updated: 16:54 13.05.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Ukraine used two Anglo-French Storm Shadow cruise missiles and one US-made ADM-160 MALD decoy missile to shell Lugansk on May 12, the representative office of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes (JCCC) said on Saturday.
Earlier, Sputnik correspondent
reported there were two explosions in Lugansk on Friday. The JCCC said that Kiev used two Ukrainian-made Grom missiles. Six children were injured as a result of the attack.
"According to specified information, on May 12, 2023, during a missile attack on the city of Lugansk, the Ukrainian armed forces used two Storm Shadow cruise missiles (Anglo-French production) and one anti-air defense missile ADM-160B MALD (US production)," the LPR’s representative office said on Telegram.
The Storm Shadow is a cruise missile that can travel up to 250 km for the export version and up to 560 km for the domestic model. If launched over northeastern Ukraine, the Anglo-French missile could
target major Russian cities such as Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Sevastopol, and much of Belarus, including its capital, Minsk.
The Storm Shadow is the most powerful NATO missile provided to Kiev to date and supersedes the HIMARS rockets that were delivered in large numbers over the past year.
At the same time, it is worth noting that these missiles are compatible with Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale, Mirage 2000, and Tornado jets, none of which are in Ukraine's possession. The UK and NATO have been hesitant to provide advanced aircraft to Kiev due to concerns that Russia would quickly destroy them.
To
operate these missiles, Ukraine's Air Force would have to adapt them to their existing MiG-29 or Su-27 fighters, Su-25 close air support bombers, or Su-24 strike jets.
Recently, Britain's Defense Secretary Ben Wallace declared that the missiles were either already in Ukraine or are on their way. While UK officials have privately guaranteed that Kiev has pledged not to use the missiles to attack targets within Russia, Moscow remains wary, given Ukraine's history of indiscriminate and deliberate targeting of cities in Donbass and attempted missile, artillery, and drone attacks on targets deep inside Russia.
