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The United Kingdom and the United States are moving closer to allowing Storm Shadow Ukraine to use long-range missiles against targets on Russian territory amid new Iranian missile deliveries to Moscow.
According to The Times, the arrival of ballistic missiles from Iran to the Russian Federation could change the US's opinion on whether to allow Ukraine to use its long-range weapons to strike targets deep in Russian territory.
"The US blocks the use of such weapons as the British Storm Shadow missiles on the territory of Russia due to fears of an escalation of the conflict. In recent weeks, the pressure on the United States and Great Britain to change their policy regarding long-range weapons has increased, and on Wednesday, former commanders-in-chief of the European armed forces and former ambassadors of the United States joined these calls," the publication emphasizes.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, former U.S. and U.K. government officials urged them to lift arms restrictions, noting that "arbitrary restrictions" on how Kyiv can use them make aid "less effective."
The signatories, including General Philip Breedlove, the former supreme commander of NATO's combined armed forces, and Lt. Gen. Ben Godges, the former commander of US forces in Europe, stressed that this winter would be the "worst" for Ukrainians fighting for for the country to work despite increased bombing by Moscow to destroy the Ukrainian energy grid and "freeze them in their homes."
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Citing its own sources, The Times reported that the American president may give a "green light" to Ukraine's use of Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles for strikes on Russian territory. At the same time, there is still no talk of permission to use American ATACMS.
At the same time, Bloomberg writes that the United States and Great Britain are discussing the possibility of allowing Ukraine to deploy British cruise missiles supported by US navigation data for long-range strikes on Russian territory.
