Damaged 1 Russian military building near Luhansk
“Ukrainian forces attack with British-provided missile Storm Shadow”
Russian Ministry of Defense “intercepts 7 Ukrainian-launched Storm Shadows”
UK Defense Minister confirms first use of Storm Shadow in combat
The UK’s Defense Minister has confirmed for the first time that the Storm Shadow, a long-range missile provided by Britain to Ukraine, is being used in combat.
A long-range missile showdown is taking place in Ukraine.
Reporter Kim Won-bae reports.
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An explosion occurred on the 15th at a barbershop in downtown Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, occupied by Russia, killing one person and injuring five others.
Interior Minister Igor Cornet of the pro-Russian Luhansk People’s Republic was also seriously injured while getting a haircut.
On the same day, one administrative building of the old aviation school near Luhansk, used by Russian forces, was damaged.
Officials in the People’s Republic of Luhansk claimed Ukrainian forces attacked with two long-range “Storm Shadow” missiles provided by Britain.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on the 16th local time that it had intercepted seven Storm Shadow planes launched by Ukraine in one day on the 15th.
While Ukraine has remained silent on this, Britain’s Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed the first real-life use of the Storm Shadow on the 18th local time.
[벤 월리스 / 영국 국방장관 : 스톰 섀도 미사일에 대해 제가 말할 수 있는 것은 우리가 우크라이나 배치를 발표한 이후 사용되고 있는 것으로 알고 있다는 것입니다. 작전상 더 이상의 세부 사항은 언급하지 않을 것입니다.]
Britain’s Guardian analyzed that Luhansk had been a relatively peaceful area since the war, but it was no longer safe after the introduction of the Storm Shadow, which had a range of more than 250 km in Ukraine.
The newspaper also evaluated the recent frequent attacks on Luhansk as “an attempt to weaken Ukraine’s ability to conduct war by targeting Russia’s command and control center deep behind enemy lines before launching a major counterattack expected this summer.”
As it has been confirmed that Ukraine has put the Storm Shadow missile into action, a confrontation is taking place in Ukraine between Western long-range missiles and Russian-made long-range missiles represented by the hypersonic missile Kinzhal.
This is YTN Kim Won-bae.
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2023-05-19 02:24:00
