With long-range SCALP missiles, Ukraine can strike enemy harder – Air Force Command

He said this on Espreso TV. 

"You have probably seen the result of the Storm Shadow cruise missile, and SCALP is its analog. Ukraine received the first such missiles from the UK. And if other countries join in to provide us with enough of these means so that we can launch them even from Soviet aircraft, because these missiles are designed for more modern Western equipment. The effectiveness of using long-range missiles from Western fighters would be much better, but all possible ways and methods have already been considered with the equipment we have in service," said the spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force Command.

Yuriy Ihnat added that Russia has been launching Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

"If we have enough missiles like SCALP, and possibly later Taurus missiles, which are also an analog of Storm Shadow, we will be able to deliver more powerful strikes against the enemy. I hope that we will have more and more long-range precision weapons, especially as a result of the NATO summit in Vilnius," Ihnat said.

• On May 23, it became known that France is ready to conclude an agreement with Ukraine aimed at providing long-term security guarantees to help Ukraine defend itself.
• On June 20, France changed its position and intends to support Ukraine's NATO membership after the end of the war with Russia.

• On July 11, French President Emmanuel Macron assured that the Ukrainian military would receive long-range missiles to fight the invading Russian forces.