OREANDA-NEWS The UK's permission to use long-range Storm Shadow missiles to strike deep into Russia will have "only a minor military effect" for Ukraine due to their limited number. The corresponding decision of the authorities was evaluated by journalists of the Sky News channel.

"There is also an unpleasant reality, which is that the number of Storm Shadow missiles remaining in Ukraine is seriously limited, so the use of these weapons on Russian territory will have only a minor military effect," the authors of the material note.

The journalists stressed that a much more "valuable prize" for Kiev is the opportunity to use ATACMS missiles, which are available in greater numbers. However, as the channel's observers point out, American missiles "are still not enough to influence the course of the conflict."

Earlier it was reported that the United Kingdom and France allowed Kiev to strike with long-range weapons on Russian territory, but with one restriction. It was claimed that Kiev approved the use of Storm Shadow/SCALP only for attacks on the Kursk region.

Prior to that, it became known that US President Joe Biden for the first time authorized the use of long-range ATACMS missiles by Ukraine on the territory of Russia. This information was later confirmed by the head of the European Diplomacy, Josep Borrel.