France gave the green light to Ukraine’s attacks deep in Russia

According to Isna, in an interview to be broadcast today (Sunday) by the BBC, Jean-Noel Barro said that Paris does not define and state a “red line” in support of Kiev and that long-range attacks on Russian soil may be carried out by Ukraine “in logic”. Self-defense” should be done.

France has provided an undisclosed number of SCALP-EG cruise missiles to Ukraine, which Kiev has already used to attack targets in Crimea and four regions that will join the Russian Federation in 2022, according to Rasha Today. has used The Scalb-EG, known in the UK as Storm Shadow, is a British-French cruise missile with a maximum range of 550 km.

Barrow’s comments came a day after Ukraine’s military confirmed that Storm Shadow missiles had been used for the first time in an attack on Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched a cross-border offensive in August. Also, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that the Russian air defense has shot down 2 British missiles.

According to reports, last week US President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles in long-range attacks on the Kursk region.

Within days of Biden’s decision, which has not been officially confirmed by the White House, Russian air defenses intercepted five At-Coms missiles over the Bryansk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry added: “Another American-made missile was damaged and fell over a military site.”

French President Emmanuel Macron said in May that he would consider allowing the use of Hurricane Shadow missiles against targets deep in Russia. Earlier this week, Barrow told reporters that Macron welcomed the idea.

Barrow’s comments in an interview with the BBC are actually the first time a French official has confirmed that Ukraine may use these missiles for long-range attacks on Russia. Barrow did not confirm whether such attacks had been carried out before.

Russia responded to last week’s Atcoms and Storm Shadow attacks by attacking a military industrial facility in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new ballistic missile. A nuclear-capable hypersonic missile named Orshnik fired multiple warheads at the facility at lightning speed. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that mass production of this missile will be carried out in the coming months and will be included in Russia’s arsenal.

Putin has accused the US and NATO of deliberately escalating the conflict and declared that Russia will achieve all of its military objectives regardless of which weapon system Kiev uses. “Further attacks with Western weapons will lead to retaliatory attacks on selected Moscow targets,” he said in a televised address on Thursday, concluding: “Make no mistake; There will always be an answer.”

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