Ukraine has hit a Russian chemical plant with Storm Shadow missiles, its military said on Tuesday, referring to the UK-made long-range weapon.
Describing the strike “a successful hit” that penetrated the Russian air defence system, Ukraine’s general staff of the armed forces said they were still assessing the outcome of the “massive” strike.
The Kremlin has warned the West not to give Ukraine weapons capable of long-range attacks, but Kyiv says it’s imperative to target Russian facilities that play a key role in Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
The Bryansk Chemical Plant is a key facility of the aggressor state’s military-industrial complex”, the Ukrainian military said in an X post on Tuesday.
Moscow’s authorities have not yet commented on the strike.
The attack came on the same day that UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders vowed to “ramp up the pressure on Russia’s economy and its defence industry” until Russian leader Vladimir Putin “is ready to make peace”.
