Russia Hunts Storm Shadow Sites in Ukraine as Britain Backs Local Missile Production
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Updated · Meduza · Aug 25
Russia Hunts Storm Shadow Sites in Ukraine as Britain Backs Local Missile Production
3 articles · Updated · Meduza · Aug 25
Summary
The Kremlin said Russian forces are already working to identify future Storm Shadow production sites in Ukraine after Britain moved to help Kyiv build the long-range missiles domestically.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said it will transfer technology for local production, and London had already cleared MBDA to share classified data on British-made SCALP components for planned Ukrainian assembly lines.
Dmitry Peskov called the plan “extremely negative” and said Britain was taking part in the war on Kyiv’s side, underscoring the immediate military risk to any fixed production facility.
The announcement came during Ukraine’s 35th independence anniversary, marked by Andy Burnham’s first visit to Kyiv and by Zelensky’s claim that Ukrainian long-range strikes are cutting Russian logistics and revenues.
Complex missiles such as Storm Shadow and SCALP require large factories that are hard to hide and have been vulnerable to Russian strikes, making meaningful production inside Ukraine more plausible after the war than during it.