The missile pledge was made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the occasion of President Zelensky’s visit to Britain on Wednesday
London, Thanasis Gavos
Ukraine is ready to use the long-range missiles promised to it by the British government to hit Russian targets in Crimea, writes the Times newspaper citing Ukrainian defense sources.
Such an attack against the Russians on the peninsula, which they annexed in 2014, would constitute a “potentially significant escalation of Western involvement in the war,” the British newspaper comments.
The promise for them missiles given by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the occasion of President Zelensky’s visit to Britain on Wednesday.
The publication reports that there is now a discussion about what types of long-range missiles could be sent to the Ukrainian armed forces.
The discussion is said to be about them Harpoon anti-ship missileswhich cost £1.2m each and have a maximum range of 241km or the Storm Shadow surface-to-air missiles, costing £2.2m each and a maximum range of 563km.
It is noted that the Ukrainian president mentioned during his speeches that the Western long-range missiles would be used to hit targets “deep in the occupied territories”.
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