The officer said that Macron allowed Ukraine to attack the Russian Federation with Storm Shadow missiles: which regions are we talking about

France actually allowed Ukraine to attack Russian territory with its Storm Shadow (Scalp) air-launched cruise missiles. This is indicated by the words of the President of the Fifth Republic, Emmanuel Macron, about the need to allow Kyiv to neutralize the objects from which Ukraine is being attacked, an unnamed military aviation officer told the BBC.

The military officer noted that Great Britain and France, which supply Storm Shadow to Ukraine, have not explicitly limited their use.

The officer named the regions that Kyiv could hit with French missiles

The BBC quoted Macron’s statement last week. “We must allow [Украине] neutralize the military facilities from which missiles are launched, and, in fact, the military facilities from which Ukraine is attacked,” the French leader told reporters. The publication’s source noted that such rhetoric is seen as permission to use their missiles.

However, the officer clarified that such operations would be limited in their objectives since Ukrainian Su-24s equipped with these missiles would have to move close to the Russian border to launch them, making them vulnerable to rival air defense (air defense) systems.

“The F-16 aircraft, expected to arrive by the end of this year, are better equipped to handle such missions. But the president [Украины Владимир] Zelensky admits that it is still unclear whether Ukraine’s partners will allow the use of these aircraft to strike targets in Russia,” the publication writes.

NATO Secretary General spoke about the possibility of attacks on Russia with Storm Shadow missiles

At the end of May, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the UK has never limited the possibility of attacks on Russian territory with Anglo-French Storm Shadow missiles. “Great Britain provided [Украине] Storm Shadow cruise missiles for a long time without any restrictions,” he emphasized.

According to the Secretary General, some countries of the North Atlantic Alliance have also never introduced restrictions on the use of weapons that were supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for attacks on legitimate military targets on Russian territory

The Ministry of Defense announced the effectiveness of the Russian air defense system against Storm Shadow

In turn, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the effectiveness of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) against Storm Shadow. The department cited a comment from the head of the group’s crew with the call sign Balov, covering troops and civilian objects in the southern Donetsk direction. According to the fighter, Storm Shadow is a fairly complex target, launched by enemy aircraft, about which the crew is warned in advance.

“The difficulty with this goal is that it flies low. But this complex copes well with low-flying targets,” the serviceman said.