Ukraine launched British-French-made Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time on Wednesday, according to a Russian military blog and Reuters, a day after Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia.

Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at Russian targets for the first time, the BBC understands. The war-torn country was previously restricted to using the long-range missiles within its own borders.

Ukraine has fired British-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time.The missiles were fired into the Kursk region on Wednesday morning, in response to Russia deploying North Korean troops in its war against Ukraine,