In a jaw-dropping development, Ukraine is said to have deployed UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles to obliterate a Russian base reportedly sheltering North Korean bigwigs.
Buzzing with speculation tonight, reports claim that Ukraine unleashed the Storm Shadow on a Russian presidential compound in the Kursk region, which allegedly housed an “underground control room” and was a hideout for Kim Jong Un’s top dogs as well as Russian military bosses.
Defence Express, a Ukrainian news outlet, reported: “The only logical explanation for the expenditure of a rather large amount of Storm Shadow / SCALP on such a facility is the presence of the command of the Russian Army group in the Kursk region, together with North Korean generals.”
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The wreckage snapped indicates that the missiles were indeed the UK’s Storm Shadow, not the French SCALP.
Defence Express continued: “The Russian Federation began to complain that Ukraine had started using not only ballistic ATACMS, but also Storm Shadow / SCALP cruise missiles on its territory. In particular, there is a video from the Kursk region from the village of Maryino.”
“A rather large number of missiles were used for the attack. About 15 explosions are heard in the video, although some of them may be the work of air defence systems. But the target is no less interesting.”, reports the Mirr or.
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Ukrainian language Defence Express added: “The video was filmed near the historic building of the Baryatinsky estate, which is now a sanatorium run by the Russian Presidential Administration. At the same time, the targeted object is in its eastern part, and there is information that it is a military facility – a ‘communication hub’.
“With a high degree of probability, it is far from being an ordinary communications facility, but an underground command post. Given the proximity of the sanatorium, it is highly likely that it was used by the command of the Russian troops in the Kursk region.
“And given that the North Korean troops are also operating there, it is possible that North Korean generals could have been there. At the very least, it is this category of people and this object that is worth the cost of a fairly significant number of Storm Shadow / SCALP cruise missiles.
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“Namely, they are designed to hit targets of this category, because their 450-kg warhead is specially designed to hit protected objects. In particular, these missiles have already hit similar targets on the territory of Ukraine, such as the reserve command post of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Verkhnyosadovoye. It should be noted that this cruise missile uses a BROACH warhead.
“It first triggers a leading warhead, which creates a hole in the obstacle, and then the high-explosive warhead enters. At the same time, the target of the strike remains only a cautious guess.
“Therefore, in any case, we should wait for an official announcement, as well as the traditional ‘howling from the swamps’. In general, it is worth noting that the permission to strike the Russian Federation with Storm Shadow is not just about missiles, but about much more important maps.
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