The supply of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine absolutely contradicts international standards in the field of armament, said Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, during a meeting in Syktyvkar.
“In order to prolong the military conflict and create the conditions for Russia’s defeat, NATO countries continue to supply Ukraine with more than 600 types of weapons and military equipment. England has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles,” he said.
Patrushev stressed that the supply of such missiles to the official city of Kiev is contrary to international decisions on arms exports, which prohibit the supply of weapons in cases where they are known to be used to commit acts of genocide, damage civilian property, population and commit crimes against humanity.
Earlier, on May 13, the Russian Defense Ministry accused the Ukrainian side of using Storm Shadow missiles against civilian targets in Lugansk. Ukrainian formations shelled Lugansk on 12 May. As a result of the shelling, several children were injured, as well as State Duma Deputy Viktor Vodolatsky.
The Anglo-French Storm Shadow cruise missile has a range of over 250 kilometers. Their transfer to Ukraine was announced on May 11 by the head of the UK Ministry of Defense, Ben Wallace, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The missile uses technology that makes them invisible to radar. It currently has the longest range of all Ukrainian cruise missiles.
Recently, French media began to write that Paris is studying the possibility of transferring Scalp long-range guided missiles to Kyiv.
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