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UA-RU-NATO | May 1st-30th | REPORTS

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Britain has delivered long-range 'Storm Shadow' cruise missiles to Ukraine ahead of expected counteroffensive​


The Storm Shadow is a long-range cruise missile with stealth capabilities, jointly developed by the UK and France, which is typically launched from the air. With a firing range in excess of 250km, or 155 miles, it is just short of the 185-mile range capability of the US-made surface-to-surface Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, that Ukraine has long asked for.

According to MBDA Missile Systems, the European company which manufactures the missile, the Storm Shadow is a "deep strike weapon" capable of "being operated day and night in all weathers," that features an advanced navigation system to ensure accuracy.
"After launch, the weapon descends to terrain hugging altitude to avoid detection," MBDA's website states. "On approaching the target, its onboard infrared seeker matches the target image with the stored picture to ensure a precision strike and minimal collateral damage."

 
Not sure if the Uk has already or is going to deliver those long range missiles.
Conflicting reports.

School of thought:
Planning to send = already sent
On their way = already there
arrived in Ukraine = have been training for weeks
Training has begun = battlefield deployment
 
Multiple reports from Russian Telegram channels, about the start of the Ukrainian Counteroffensive.

no oficial confirmation
So far, all the claims of a Ukrainian offensive are coming from the Russian side. ZSU, being properly cagey and close-mouthed, will admit only to local operations in and around Bakhmut.
 
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken commented on London's decision to supply Ukraine with long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

"The question is whether all this meets the needs of Ukraine? We are sure that it is so," said Blinken.

He also said that Washington will make every effort to replenish the lack of weapons in Kyiv in light of the planned counteroffensive, if such a request is received.

 
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