{"id":1929261,"date":"2023-05-11T23:58:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uks-long-range-missiles-could-be-game-changer-for-ukraine-in-crimea\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T00:02:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T04:02:11","slug":"uks-long-range-missiles-could-be-game-changer-for-ukraine-in-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uks-long-range-missiles-could-be-game-changer-for-ukraine-in-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s missiles could be a game changer for Ukraine in Crimea."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuks-long-range-missiles-could-be-game-changer-for-ukraine-in-crimea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1929261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>British Long-Range Cruise Missiles Raise Hope for Ukraine&#8217;s Counteroffensive<\/h2>\n<h3>Game Changer for Ukraine&#8217;s Counteroffensive<\/h3>\n<p>A promised influx of British long-range cruise missiles is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-zelensky-says-there-will-be-no-ceasefire-without-return-of-land-lost-to-russia\/\" title=\"Ukraine\u2019s Zelensky Says There Will Be no Ceasefire Without Return of Land Lost to Russia\">raising hope<\/a> in Kyiv that Western powers will equip Ukrainian forces to reclaim Crimea, which Russia annexed at the start of the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Chairman Alexander Merezhko believes that these missiles are crucial to liberate Crimea and destroy the Kerch Bridge leading to it. The British gift could wreak havoc on Russian defenses during the campaign and give Ukrainian forces a chance to hit Russian ammunition depots behind the front line. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The United Kingdom\u2019s Storm Shadow cruise missiles were designed for British and French warplanes but have been modified to be fired from Ukrainian MiG-29s.<\/li>\n<li>Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-the-b-52-bomber-survive-a-war-with-russia\/\" title=\"Would the B-52 Bomber Survive a War with Russia?\">reported range<\/a> of about 155 miles provides an extensive upgrade over the American HIMARS and other artillery that Western states have provided since last summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Ambassador Bill Taylor believes that the provision of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-a-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-wont-work\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s Why A No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Won\u2019t Work\">long-range weapons<\/a> will help the counteroffensive dramatically. It allows the Ukrainians to attack into Crimea and Russian targets well behind the lines into Donbas. <\/p>\n<h3>Managing Expectations Ahead of the Counteroffensive<\/h3>\n<p>Ukrainian officials have tried to manage expectations ahead of the counteroffensive, in part out of a misgiving that a failure to achieve their aims could diminish the Western appetite to provide more aid. Standard military doctrine acknowledges that offensive operations are more difficult than defense, but Ukrainian and Western observers hope that dynamic will be offset by the difficulty that Russia will face in establishing adequate defenses along the entire line. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">long-range missiles<\/a> should make Ukrainian forces more effective in preventing Russian commanders from reinforcing their embattled troops after the counteroffensive begins. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace declined to say how many Storm Shadows have been given to Ukraine. <\/p>\n<h3>Encouraging the United States and Other Western Powers<\/h3>\n<p>Ukrainian lawmaker Alexander Merezhko hopes that these missiles could be not only a game changer but \u201ca good precedent\u201d that encourages the United States and other Western powers to open their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uks-long-range-missiles-could-be-game-changer-for-ukraine-in-crimea\/\" title=\"UK's missiles could be a game changer for Ukraine in Crimea.\">long-range arsenals<\/a>. These long-range missiles help to save lives of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. <\/p>\n<p>As the Ukrainian counteroffensive begins, the world watches with bated breath to see if these long-range missiles will be the key to liberating Crimea and ending the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A promised influx of British long-range cruise missiles is raising hope in Kyiv that Western powers will equip Ukrainian forces to reclaim Crimea, which Russia annexed at the start of the war in Ukraine. \u201cIt&#8217;s a good sign because to liberate Crimea, we need such long-range missiles \u2014 for example, we need these missiles to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1929262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[23875,17076,6528,7443,15737,6991],"class_list":["post-1929261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-changer","tag-crimea","tag-game","tag-missiles","tag-uks","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1929261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1929261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1929261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1929261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}