The ministry has not specified where exactly the Storm Shadow missiles were intercepted
Russian air defenses have intercepted two UK-produced Storm Shadow missiles fired by Ukraine over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Thursday.
The ministry did not specify where exactly the British-supplied munitions were intercepted when it relayed the news during its Thursday briefing.
On Tuesday, the BBC reported, citing defense sources, that Ukraine has fired Storm Shadow missiles at targets in Russia’s Kursk Region.
The claim followed outgoing US President Joe Biden reportedly permitting Kiev to use American ATACMS missiles to strike territory which is internationally recognized as part of Russia. Neither Washington nor London have officially confirmed allowing Ukraine to deploy their long-range weaponry for such purposes.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has been lobbying his NATO partners to authorize long-range strikes on Russia, which prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to issue a warning to the bloc in September.
According to Putin, Kiev is incapable of launching NATO-provisioned long-range missiles without obtaining targeting data and assistance from the US and its allies, so any such attack would mean the West and Russia were directly at war with each other.
The updated Russian nuclear doctrine, which was approved earlier this week, states that an attack on the country by a foreign nation that does not have weapons of mass destruction, but is backed by a nuclear power, should be considered a joint attack by both. Moscow’s goal is to make sure “a potential aggressor realizes that retaliation will be inevitable” if the country’s security is threatened, the document reads.
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