"Without Details": Britain answered whether Ukraine was allowed to beat Storm Shadow in the Russian Federation
The British official gave an official public response about the position on such permission. The details of the parliamentary request are laid out on the UK Parliament portal. James Cardlidge sent a written request to Luke Pollard on July 17, 2024. The politician was interested in "what his policy of using the Storm Shadow missiles by Ukrainian armed forces. The answer came on July 25.
The head of the defense department explained that Britain did not change the position on the right of Ukraine to self -defense. According to the government's position, Ukraine may defend against the Russian attack in accordance with international humanitarian law. The position on Storm Shadow has not changed, according to Pollard. At the same time, he refused to clarify what details of using these missiles implies. "The UK position on Storm Shadow has not changed.
I am sure that the dear parliamentarian will understand that I will not go into details. We clearly understand that the technique provided by the UK, intended for defense of Ukraine," - reads Pollard. It should be noted that at the end of spring 2024, Germany and a number of partner countries of Ukraine stated that they allow them to use their weapons for blows to the Russian Federation to stop the Russian offensive in Kharkiv region. Among other things, the US was granted.
At the same time, the Americans specified that it is only about the strikes of artillery and HIMARS. On July 12, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the United Kingdom allegedly canceled the ban on storms of Storm Shadow in Russian territory. According to him, he heard about it during his first communication with the new Prime Minister Kir Star. The British Government was soon refuting that the prohibition position had not changed.
We would like to remind you that on July 27, The Times explained why Britain could not give permission to apply Storm Shadow to strikes deep into the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, on the morning of July 29, the Russian Defense Ministry complained to an attack of a pack of 40 drones, some of which blew up the substations in the Russian territory. On Saturday, July 27, it became known about the stroke of the Aerod Defense Forces "Olenya": the location of the bombers - 1,800 km from Ukraine.