{"id":1931050,"date":"2023-05-15T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-says-first-cruise-missiles-sent-to-ukraine-not-for-striking-russia\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T07:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:46:27","slug":"uk-says-first-cruise-missiles-sent-to-ukraine-not-for-striking-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-says-first-cruise-missiles-sent-to-ukraine-not-for-striking-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"UK sends first cruise missiles to Ukraine, denies targeting Russia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fuk-says-first-cruise-missiles-sent-to-ukraine-not-for-striking-russia%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=1931050&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>UK Donates Long-Range Cruise Missiles to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>The United Kingdom has donated an unspecified number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-says-first-cruise-missiles-sent-to-ukraine-not-for-striking-russia\/\" title=\"UK sends first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">cruise missiles<\/a> to Ukraine, denies targeting Russia.&#8221;>longer-range stealth cruise missiles<\/a> to Ukraine, saying these were for the purpose of pushing back \u201cRussian forces based within Ukrainian sovereign territory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmation by defence minister Ben Wallace came after claims in CNN earlier in the day that the MBDA-developed missiles had already been delivered.<\/p>\n<h3>Calibrated and Proportionate Response<\/h3>\n<p>In the official announcement, the UK government through Wallace made clear the cruise missiles could not be nuclear-tipped and were for defensive use. While saying the donation gave Ukraine new military capabilities, he also played down the implications of the new weapons system \u2014 likely pre-empting Russian claims of escalation \u2014 pointing out that a variety of Russian and Iranian weapons already in theatre had considerably longer range compared to the roughly 150-mile Storm Shadow.<\/p>\n<p>Saying the new Anglo-French <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-united-states-and-china-trade-blows-at-alaska-talks-what-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"The United States And China Trade Blows At Alaska Talks: What You Need To Know\">long-range<\/a> missiles going to Ukraine were a \u201ccalibrated and proportionate response to Russia\u2019s escalations\u201d and that \u201cRussia must recognise that their actions alone have led to such systems being provided\u201d, Wallace told the Commons:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today I can confirm the UK is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. Storm Shadow is a long-range, conventional-only, precision-strike capability\u2026 the donation of these weapon systems gives Ukraine the best chances to defend themselves against Russia\u2019s continued brutality, especially the deliberate targeting of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure which is against international law. Ukraine has the right to be able to defend itself against this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The use of Storm Shadow will allow Ukraine to push back Russian forces based within Ukrainian sovereign territory\u2026\u00a0While these weapons will give Ukraine new capability, members should recognise these systems are not even in the same league as the Russian AS24 \u2018Killjoy\u2019 Hypersonic missile, or Shahed Iranian one-way attack drones, or even the Kalibir cruise missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers, roughly seven times that of a Storm Shadow missile.<\/p>\n<h3>Russia Threatens Military Response<\/h3>\n<p>Russia, for their part, has reacted with anger at the news.\u00a0Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, per Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-labels-russias-retaliatory-shelling-of-kindergarten-false-flag-operation\/\" title=\"UK Labels Russia's 'Retaliatory' Shelling of Kindergarten 'False Flag Operation'\">state media service<\/a> that the Kremlin viewed the donation \u201cquite negatively\u201d and that \u201cIt will demand an appropriate response from our military who will definitely make the decisions that are required in military terms\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>Ukraine Praises UK&#8217;s Support<\/h3>\n<p>Ukraine themselves praised the \u201cfirst\u201d of the United Kingdom supplying cruise missiles before any other allied country. They said per their state news wires service: \u201cIt is important that Storm Shadow boasts of a sufficient operational range, being capable of striking deep into the Russian-captured territory of Ukraine\u201d and said the announcement came \u201con the eve of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wagner-group-chief-backtracks-on-threat-to-pull-troops-from-bakhmut\/\" title=\"Wagner Group leader retracts troop withdrawal threat from Bakhmut.\">highly anticipated counteroffensive<\/a> against the Russian forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Zelensky warned Russia as the Storm Shadow news broke that they could expect an \u201cunpleasant surprise\u201d shortly. Speaking of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian leader said: \u201cI think we will achieve the appropriate result\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>UK Leading the Pack<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the first instance of the United Kingdom leading the pack on supplying ever-more advanced weaponry to Ukraine. The country was the first to say it was giving main battle tanks to Ukraine, apparently paving the way for several other countries which followed quickly behind, all apparently unwilling to be the first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK reveals \u201ccalibrated and proportionate response to Russia\u2019s escalations\u201d with a donation of long-range cruise missiles, Russia threatens \u201cappropriate\u201d military response. The United Kingdom has donated an unspecified number of longer-range stealth cruise missiles to Ukraine, saying these were for the purpose of pushing back \u201cRussian forces based within Ukrainian sovereign territory\u201d. 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