Five former British defence ministers, as well as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have called on current Prime Minister Keir Starmer to allow kyiv to use British Storm Shadow missiles to strike deep into the Russian Federation, even if this meant disregarding proper permission from the United States, the Times newspaper reports.
“Five former defence ministers and one former prime minister have called on Keir Starmer to allow Ukraine to use long-range Storm Shadow missiles to strike deep into the Russian Federation, even without US approval,” the paper writes.
It should be noted that former British defence ministers were among those calling for such a step. Shapps grant, Ben Wallace, Gavin Williamson, Penny Mordaunt and Liam Fox.
Earlier, the Telegraph newspaper reported that US permission for kyiv to use the British Storm Shadow for strikes against the Russian Federation is necessary because the missiles are used in conjunction with American systems.
In the final statement after the meeting between US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the White House did not announce the decision of the American leader to allow long-range attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Western missiles on Russian territory.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement on the consequences of Western weapons strikes deep inside Russia is extremely clear and unambiguous: there is no doubt that it has reached its intended recipients;
