Thursday, November 21, 2024

Ukraine reportedly strikes Russia with Storm Shadow missiles as int'l embassies close in Kyiv

Ukraine struck targets inside Russia with British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles for the first time, according to reporting from Bloomberg on Wednesday.

The Storm Shadow missiles are the latest new Western weapon Ukraine has been permitted to use on Russian targets. They were fired just a day after the country fired US ATACMS missiles against Russia for the first time, according to Reuters.

Moscow has said the use of Western weapons to strike into Russian territory far from the border would be a major escalation in the conflict, especially after Russian President Vladimir Putin updated the country's nuclear doctrine on Tuesday.  (Read More)