Unnamed British officials reportedly “indicated” to The Guardian that a decision had already been made to allow Ukraine to conduct deep strikes in Russia using British Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
From: Kyiv Post — In a major change of policy, the UK has reportedly made a discreet decision to allow Kyiv to strike targets deep inside Russia with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
The Guardian said unnamed British officials “indicated” to the publication that “a decision had already been made to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow cruise missiles on targets inside Russia.” The sources added that the decision likely wouldn’t be announced publicly until after Friday’s meeting between the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden in Washington.
The publication, citing the same sources, added that the visit “would not be taking place had there been no positive decision regarding Storm Shadow.”
The update came after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy visited Kyiv on Wednesday, where the two met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who once again made an appeal to be allowed to use long-range donated weapons against targets in Russia.
Following the meeting, Blinken and Lammy promised a swift review of Ukraine’s repeated appeal to ease restrictions on attacking inside Russia – including the use of Storm Shadows – as they announced $1.5 billion in new aid ahead of a potentially difficult winter.Though neither Blinken nor Lammy had explicitly stated that either country would lift the long-range strike restrictions, some speculated that positive decision was made in response to Iran’s recent missile supplies to Russia.
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