ANKARA, TURKIYE - NOVEMBER 21: An infographic titled "UK Media: Ukraine uses 'Storm Shadow' missiles in Russia" created in Ankara, Turkiye on November 21, 2024. According to UK media, Ukraine used the long-range 'Storm Shadow' cruise missiles, supplied by the UK, on Russian territory for the first time. Mehmet Yaren Bozgun / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

Undated handout photo shows a Storm Shadow/Scalp Cruise Missile. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

Handout photo dated 2004 shows a French Navy Rafale MO2 combat aircraft took off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and carried out a highly successful firing of MBDA’s Storm-Shadow / SCALP EG long-range cruise missile. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

Handout photo dated 2004 shows Storm Shadow / SCALP is able to effectively engage a variety of targets such as control centres, hardened aircraft shelters, runways, buildings and bridges, SAM Systems and ships in port. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

Handout photo sated 2002 shows a Rafale jet fighter equipped with Storm Shadow / SCALP. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

Handout photo dated December 2015 shows a Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft of the French Air Force equipped with SCALP long-range air-to-surface cruise missiles prepares to take off from an airbase in Jordan. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by ECPAD via ABACARESS.COM

Handout photo dated Ausut 21 , 2016 shows a Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the French air force takes off for an air strike on a Daesh facility, in Raqqa, Syria. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by ECPAD/ABACAPRESS.COM

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with service members of the Ukrainian Air Force, who presented him with a signed pilot's helmet, as they honor the Day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, August 6, 2023. Zelenskyy observed several weapons provided by Western partners, including ZUNI air-to-surface missiles, Storm Shadow (one of which he signed) missiles, and AGM HARM anti-radiation missiles. Photo via Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM