Thursday 21 November 2024
Islamabad (News International. DW Urdu. November 21, 2024) The British media has widely reported that Ukraine has fired British-made Storm Shadow missiles at Russia.
The Bloomberg report cited an unnamed Western official as saying that Ukraine had allegedly fired British-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory. British news outlets including The Guardian and the Financial Times later published similar reports based on footage circulating on social media.
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A spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said her office would not comment on such reports or operational matters.
Britain supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles last year and said it could use them within Ukrainian territory, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has for months pressed for permission to hit targets inside Russia. had been
The Storm Shadow missiles have a range of more than 250 kilometers and will give Ukraine the ability to hit targets deep inside Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously warned that using US and British-made missiles on Russian soil would be tantamount to NATO entering into direct conflict with Russia.
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In recent days, the Ukrainian army has targeted Russian territory for the first time with long-range US-made missiles.
The Kiev government has taken this step only after the permission of Washington, however, there is also a fear of escalation in the war in Ukraine.
Many countries have closed their embassies in Kyiv
The US closed its embassy in Kiev, saying it had received reports of a possible airstrike.
Following the US embassy closure announcement, three European countries, Italy, Spain and Greece, also announced they were closing their embassies on Wednesday.
The embassies of Italy, Spain and Greece in Kiev have warned their citizens to be vigilant throughout the day and stay at home if possible.
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None of the four countries explained why they issued the alert, other than the threat of an airstrike.
Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has confirmed that the US Embassy in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, will reopen on Thursday.
He did not say what kind of threat had forced the embassy to close on Wednesday.
"We take the safety and security of our personnel very seriously," Miller said.
Ukraine rejects threat to attack Kiev
Ukraine's foreign ministry has dismissed threats of a Russian attack after several foreign embassies were closed in Kiev on Wednesday.
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"We remind you that the threat of attacks by an aggressor state has unfortunately been a daily reality for Ukrainians for 1,000 days," the Foreign Ministry said in a telegram.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's military intelligence has accused Russia of conducting a "psychological" operation against civilians by sending out fake bomb warnings on social media.
"A message is being spread through messengers and social networks today about the threat of missile and bomb attacks on Ukrainian cities 'especially big cities'," the Directorate of Intelligence said on Telegram. The message is fake. Yes, it's a psychological operation and it contains Russian-specific grammatical errors."
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