A Storm Shadow cruise missile fired from the Ukrainian border towards the Khalino airfield outside the Russian city of Kursk would cover the 100km distance in six minutes — much quicker than most of Ukraine’s drones.
For now, Kyiv does not publicly have permission from its western allies to deploy this type of missile on targets within Russia. US President Joe Biden was due to discuss the possibility of lifting restrictions with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to the White House on Friday.
“It’s the speed of the Storm Shadow missiles that makes them so useful, our drones are much slower,” said Roman Kostenko, a decorated Ukrainian military commander who chairs the Ukrainian parliament’s defence committee.
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