It will allow Ukrainian forces to hit Russian troops and supplies deep behind front lines. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VILNIUS - France will join Britain in supplying Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, which can travel 250km, a move that allows Ukrainian forces to hit Russian troops and supplies deep behind front lines, French officials said on Tuesday.
A French diplomatic source said they were talking about 50 Scalp missiles produced by European manufacturer MBDA. Ukraine has been asking for months for longer-range missiles but the United States, its main supplier, has yet to agree to supply them.produced by MBDA, that it calls the Storm Shadow. The source dismissed suggestions that the missiles were an escalation, saying their use was proportional and noting that Russia was using cruise missiles launched from thousands of kilometres away.
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