The British Minister of Defense announced London's intention to provide Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine.

The statement about the supply of such missiles to the Ukrainian Air Force appeared after it became known that tests of the Ukrainian Su-24M front-line bomber modernized for these missiles were starting in Poland, since this is the only Ukrainian aircraft capable of carrying tactical cruise missiles. Storm Shadow and SCALP.

“The UK is ready to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons if Russia continues to strike infrastructure. Storm Shadow missiles, if offered to Ukraine, would greatly enhance its capabilities. We are not trying to attack Russia. Our job is to help Ukraine defend itself.”- said British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, emphasizing that for the time being he does not want to speculate on the issue of supplying missile weapons to Ukraine.

The supply of Storm Shadow tactical missiles to Ukraine is a very dangerous step on the part of London. This is primarily due to the fact that such missiles have a range of hitting targets up to 300 kilometers, and the missile is flying at an extremely low altitude. During the strikes on Syria in 2018, none of these missiles were shot down by air defense systems located in the Damascus region.