Thus, the British government appears to have approved the use of the weapons system against Russian territory. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office chooses not to comment on the matter, according to British media.
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister says that they do not provide comments on operational missions or media reports.
Neither does Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov want to comment on a potential attack.
We do not go into details, we can only say that we are capable and have the opportunity to respond (militarily), he says to BBC and adds that Ukraine "uses all available opportunities to defend the country".
There is no information on what targets the attack may have been directed against, but British media speculate that the attack was carried out against the Russian Kursk region, based on unconfirmed satellite images. The information about the Storm shadow attack comes from several independent sources, according to The Guardian.
The UK had previously donated the Storm shadow weapons system to Ukraine, but with the condition that it not be used in attacks against Russian territory.
Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyj have repeatedly appealed to be allowed to use the robot in attacks against military targets in Russia. The information about a Storm shadow attack comes a day after the American Atacms robot system was used against targets in Russia.
Storm shadow is a long-distance robot and is a French-British collaboration.
The robot is manufactured by Matra Bae Dynamics (MBDA) and has been in use since 2003.
It weighs around 1,300 kilograms and is approximately five meters long; the wingspan is three meters.
Storm shadow is said to have a range of at least 25 miles, but according to some reports up to 55 miles.
It has previously been used in, among other things, the war in Iraq, the civil war in Libya, the civil war in Syria, and in Yemen.
Storm shadow also has the designation Scalp. It can be transported by fighter jets such as Tornado, Rafale, and Mirage 2000.
Source: MBDA
