Britain no longer has a “storm shadow” for Ukraine

According to Isna, the British media reported that since the new government of this country with Prime Minister Kerr Starmer took office, London has not sent any more “Storm Shado” or “Shadow of the Storm” missiles to Ukraine, because the number of these missiles in the warehouses British armaments have decreased.

According to military sources, the suspension of the delivery of Storm Shadow missiles from the UK to Ukraine is due to the decrease in the number of these missiles in the British arsenal.

“This is probably due to the fact that Britain’s stockpile has reached a level that military commanders are not prepared to double down because, to protect British interests, London must have a certain number of these missiles in its stockpiles,” the report said. “

According to the Times, the pressure on the United States to authorize the use of Western long-range weapons by Kiev to attack deep into Russian territory is increasing, and for a long time, Kiev has demanded the use of English Storm Shadow and French Scallop missiles to attack Russian military bases and assets. It is in the soil of this country.

The Storm Shadow missiles have a range of about 250 kilometers and Kiev has already used them to attack the Russian navy in the Black Sea and on the Crimean Peninsula.

Ukraine believes that expanding the use of these missiles into Russian territory is vital for Kiev to achieve the goals of its victory program.

However, the current US President Joe Biden’s administration has refused to agree to these requests, as he fears that this will lead to an escalation of tensions with Russia. On the other hand, the UK, France and other Western allies of Kyiv are not willing to issue such a license without the support of the US.

“Grant Shapps”, the former defense minister of the British government from the conservative party, asked Starmer several times to issue permission for Ukraine’s attack deep into Russian territory, regardless of American policy.

General John McCall, the former deputy supreme commander of NATO, also agrees with him and says: “We must act as soon as possible to allow Sturm to be fired on Russian soil.”

Ukrainian officials say that since Stormer took office, they have not received the Storm Shadow missile even to attack Russian positions in the Black Sea and Crimea, which some British defense sources believe is due to the severe shortage of these missiles in the British arsenal. .

Some also believe that the West is planning to issue permission to use these weapons in an attack deep into Russian soil, and therefore has kept the Storm Shadow missiles for the time being in order to use them more effectively in the future. In the scenario of these sources, it is also possible to realize the reduction of the storage of these missiles in the British warehouses.

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