Ben Wallace Ukraine Kursk Storm Shadow practical legalities Shashank Joshi 22Aug24

Ben Wallace interviewed by Evan Davis on BBC - is it ok to use Storm Shadow Missiles in Kursk?

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ISIS militants held in Russian jail, take hostages and kill four. Ben Wallace - should Ukraine use weapons with no restrictions in Kursk. Former Conservative defence secretary Ben Wallace calls for Ukraine to be allowed to unleash Western-supplied rockets inside Russia - as Kyiv-led forces continue shock invasion of Kremlin territory An ex-tory defence secretary yesterday joined calls for Ukraine to be allowed to unleash Western-supplied rockets inside Russia. Ben Wallace, speaking as Kyiv-led forces continued their shock invasion of Kremlin territory, stated that 'Ukraine should be allowed' to fire the Storm Shadow missiles. It comes after the White House denied reports it was blocking a request by the UK for Ukraine to use the missiles. Mr Wallace, who stepped down last year, was behind the UK initially providing Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles – which have a range of over 155 miles and are highly accurate. By contrast, the US-supplied Himars missiles have a range of around 50 miles. Both weapons have proved effective in striking Russian military infrastructure on the Crimean Peninsula and in eastern Ukraine. Neither has been used amid its incursion in the Kursk region due to restrictions imposed by the White House – apparently because this would represent an escalation of the conflict. Frustrations over the failure to employ the long-range rockets came as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky suffered another blow yesterday. It emerged that Germany, to date the second biggest international donor of weapons to Kyiv, intends to suspend military aid due to budgetary constraints.