Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force Command Advisor Yuriy Ignat said that Kiev has not yet started using the British Storm Shadow cruise missiles on Russian soil. He announced this on the broadcast of the Rada TV channel.
Responding to the question of whether the authorities start using Storm Shadow missiles or will we see the results of their actions, Ignat said, “The problem with the missiles has been resolved, everything has already been taken care of”. “I think you’re right,” the counselor stressed, referring to the second part of the question.
The previous day, the representative of the Lugansk People’s Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Ukraine’s War Crimes Issues reported the missiles used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the May 12 bombing of Lugansk. It was announced that there were Ukrainian soldiers. applied two Storm Shadow and a US-made ADM-160B MALD anti-aircraft missile.
Previously in Lugansk dead two explosions, as LNR senator Daria Lantratova clarified, rockets fell on the building of the old machine-building plant.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.