Former MI6 Chief Sir John Sawers says Donald Trump 'won't end the Ukraine-Russia war in a day'. Speaking on ITV's Peston, he speculates that the US President-Elect could bring it to an end in 2025.
This is the moment British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles struck the Kursk region inside Russia today.
Images being shared on social media show what appear to be fragments of a British Storm Shadow missile in Marino, Kursk Britain conceded permission to use them against attacks within Ukraine earlier this year. The missiles will allow Ukraine to take out military targets and airbases previously unreachable, capable of hitting hard into Ukraine.
The £800,000 rockets use GPS technology to precisely blast targets, and can travel through the air at 600mph. Starmer yesterday hinted Ukraine would be able to use Storm Shadows as he rebuffed the Kremlin's scare tactics. Storm Shadow - called Scalp by the French - is a weapon equipped with a navigation system that once launched, descends to a low altitude to avoid detection before locking onto its target using an infra-red seeker.
Britain's Storm Shadow missiles are capable of dodging air defences - making them a nightmare attack weapon for their enemy The decision was a major US policy shift and comes as Biden is about to leave office and President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to limit American support for Ukraine and end the war as soon as possible.
It comes just a day after Ukraine carried out its first strike on Russian territory with US-supplied long range missiles.Joe Biden finally gave Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky permission at the weekend to use US-supplied missiles in attacks within Russia Germany's foreign minister yesterday vowed her country 'will not be intimidated' by Putin, just one day after German media revealed the nation will transform into a NATO staging ground if the conflict to the East should escalate.
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