Long-range missiles from the West will allow Ukraine to shape the war “in much stronger ways”, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the head of Britain’s Armed Forces, has said.
Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the US, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea and Russian forces in another occupied area. The missiles provide nearly double the striking distance that Ukraine had with the mid-range version of the weapon. The US is providing more of these missiles in a new military aid package signed by President Joe Biden.
The weapons, with double the striking distance, were used for the first time to bomb a Russian airfield in Crimea and Russian forces in another occupied area.