UKRAINE will ramp up long-range strikes inside Russia as billions of kilos of recent weapons flood in, Britain’s Chief of Defence Workers says.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin signalled that Britain had no opposition to the attacks on Russian soil.
He stated plane-loads of new western weapons would assist the blitzes.
He informed a newspaper yesterday: “It’s capability to conduct deep operations will more and more grow to be a characteristic of the war.”
It comes after US President Joe Biden signed a £50billion lifeline to purchase arms for Ukraine.
However US weapons include a caveat that they have to be used solely in Ukraine’s sovereign territory.
Lengthy-range missiles supplied by the US had been reportedly used final week to strike Russian targets in occupied Crimea.
Britain has pledged greater than 1,600 long-range armaments together with Storm Shadow missiles and Paveway IV laser-guided bombs.
The UK agreed an extra £500million military aid to Ukraine final week, bringing our contribution to £3billion this yr.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine desperately wants extra air defences to intercept Moscow’s bombardments.
Basic Sir Jim Hockenhull, head of the UK’s Strategic Command, additionally backed Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russia — as a result of it was “combating a struggle of nationwide survival”.
He stated: “The truth that they see navy worth in attacking the Russians in depth is unsurprising and completely comprehensible.”
UKRAINE will ramp up long-range strikes inside Russia as billions of kilos of recent weapons flood in, Britain’s Chief of Defence Workers says.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin signalled that Britain had no opposition to the attacks on Russian soil.
He stated plane-loads of new western weapons would assist the blitzes.
He informed a newspaper yesterday: “It’s capability to conduct deep operations will more and more grow to be a characteristic of the war.”
It comes after US President Joe Biden signed a £50billion lifeline to purchase arms for Ukraine.
However US weapons include a caveat that they have to be used solely in Ukraine’s sovereign territory.
Lengthy-range missiles supplied by the US had been reportedly used final week to strike Russian targets in occupied Crimea.
Britain has pledged greater than 1,600 long-range armaments together with Storm Shadow missiles and Paveway IV laser-guided bombs.
The UK agreed an extra £500million military aid to Ukraine final week, bringing our contribution to £3billion this yr.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine desperately wants extra air defences to intercept Moscow’s bombardments.
Basic Sir Jim Hockenhull, head of the UK’s Strategic Command, additionally backed Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russia — as a result of it was “combating a struggle of nationwide survival”.
He stated: “The truth that they see navy worth in attacking the Russians in depth is unsurprising and completely comprehensible.”