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Ukraine's defense ministry says its Storm Shadow long-range missiles have hit 100% of their targets

Aditi Bharade   

Ukraine's defense ministry says its Storm Shadow long-range missiles have hit 100% of their targets
  • Ukraine's defense ministry tweeted that its Storm Shadow missiles have hit "100%" of their targets.
  • Britain gave Ukraine the missiles in May after Ukraine asked for longer-range weapons.

Ukraine's defense ministry said that its long-range Storm Shadow missiles, given by Britain, have successfully hit all their Russian targets.

"Storm Shadow long-range missiles have hit 100% of the targets identified by the General Staff," the ministry $4 on Sunday, attributing the information to Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.

$4 in May after Ukraine's calls for longer-range weapons.

The Storm Shadow missiles have a range of over 155 miles, $4 In comparison, the US-built satellite-guided HIMARS missiles have a $4.

The strikes come ahead of Ukraine's $4 to reclaim swathes of Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia.

Ukraine owning the Storm Shadow missiles is predicted to have a "terrible effect on morale for the Russian forces, and officers and commanders who are going to be operating within Ukraine," George Barros, a Russia analyst at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank, $4.

News of the Storm Shadow missile strikes comes after Ukraine reported that it had $4 on May 16 — weapons that Russia had previously claimed were "unstoppable."

Russia's position in the war has $4 following the news of the Kinzhal missiles being shot down, Fabian Hoffmann, a defense and nuclear strategy researcher, told $4 on May 18.

However, Russia claimed that it had intercepted two of Ukraine's new Storm Shadow missiles, along with a shorter-range U.S.-built HIMARS launcher, HARM missiles, and 12 drones, per a report by $4 on Saturday.

Ukraine's defense ministry did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside regular business hours.



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