UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles 'kill eight and wound 22' as Ukraine strikes Russia
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Missiles supplied by Britain have killed eight Russian troops and wounded 22 in a deadly strike by Ukraine on a key command post, local reports say. The strike on the Kursk region by half a dozen Ukrainian-deployed Storm Shadow missiles is the latest blow to Vladimir Putin in his struggle to repel Ukrainian troops from within his own border. Footage shows the strike on Lgov targeting a building used by Russian servicemen.
The hit was initially believed to have been carried out using US-supplied HIMARS missiles, but later evidence indicates it was Storm Shadow, the type of missile supplied by the UK to the Ukrainians last year. France also supplies a similar SCALP-EG missile.
One civilian was also wounded in the strike, independent Russian news outlet Astra media reported. Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov said the strike hit the intended target in Lgov ahead of the New Year. He said: “A fire has started. The guys are all in the bunker; there are a lot of people”.
Kursk's acting governor Alexander Khinstein had reported shelling in Lgov. Ukraine still holds hundreds of square miles of Putin’s Kursk region, despite the use of thousands of North Koreans to seek to dislodge Lviv’s armed forces. Last week, Ukraine captured its first North Korean prisoner of war fighting for Vladimir Putin. A photograph allegedly shows the Kim Jong-un fighter who was believed to have been held in Russia’s Kursk region. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service confirmed a POW had been taken by Ukraine soon after the picture emerged.
