UKRAINE has fired British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time.
Fragments of the bunker-busting rockets were found in the village of Marine, Kursk, on Wednesday, it is understood.
Image appears to show a fragment of a Storm Shadow missile
Residents in Marine, Kursk, found the debris on Wednesday
Up to 12 missiles were launched by a Ukrainian aircraft, according to reports.
Britain’s Storm Shadow missiles are a nightmare for enemies as they are capable of dodging air defences.
The £800,000 weapons – which were already being fired within Ukraine – use GPS to precisely hit targets, and can travel at 600mph.
A clip shared online recorded the sound of several missiles flying toward the Kursk region.
The governor of the region had earlier that two missiles had been shot down, without specifying their type.
It comes just days after Joe Biden gave his blessing for US-supplied rockets to be blasted onto Russian turf.
Sir Keir Starmer then yesterday hinted Ukraine would be able to use Storm Shadows as he rebuffed the Kremlin’s scare tactics.
Asked about letting Ukraine use UK-made Storm Shadow missiles, the PM said: “I’ve been doubling down in my clear message that we need to ensure Ukraine has what is needed for as long as needed to win this war against Putin.
“I am not going to go into operational details. You would not expect me to. The only winner in that would be Putin and it would undermine Ukraine.
“The single simplest way to end this conflict is for Russia to stop the aggression and to stop it today. We are on day 1,000 of that aggression.”
Western leaders had previously shunned Ukrainian leader Zelensky’s pleas to use long-range weapons to turn the war with Vladimir Putin.
Vlad previously warned before any such decision would drag Nato into direct conflict with Russia.
After Biden gave the green light on Sunday, the UK was tipped to follow suit and allow Storm Shadows to be used.
Residents in Kursk have today found fragments from rockets in the embattled region.
Putin has bolstered his defences in the region with 10,000 troops from North Korea as the humiliated tyrant attempts to claw back the territory from Ukrainian forces.
On Tuesday, Kyiv’s forces used US-supplied ATACMS missiles to strike a military facility in Bryansk.
The blast came shortly after furious Vlad signed a new doctrine to lower the bar for launching a nuclear strike.
Moscow has warned it would “react accordingly” if US-supplied weapons were used to strike Russian territory.
Putin has repeatedly vowed his troops would unleash revenge if Ukraine blasted inside Russia with Western-made weapons.
In September, he said it would “mean that Nato countries are at war with Russia”.
Storm Shadow missiles strapped beneath an RAF Tornado
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