Ukraine gets British long-range missiles ahead of counteroffensive

“Storm Shadow is a long-range, conventional, precision-strike capability,” he said. The donation of Storm Shadow missiles, many of which are already in Ukraine, means the British are the first nation to supply Kyiv with long range weapons. “It really provides Ukraine with a long-range strike capability it doesn’t have,” he said. Storm Shadow is the second sophisticated Western air-to-ground weapon known to have been supplied to Ukraine since the Russian invasion got underway in late February 2022. Last year the U.S. integrated HARM AGM-88 missiles on Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-27 warplanes in a matter of weeks to be able to strike Russian air defenses located in Ukraine.