Russian general and hundreds of North Korean troops ‘killed in first UK-supplied Storm Shadow missile’ strike
A Storm Shadow strike launched last week has reportedly killed around 500 North Korean Troopers and a Russian general.
It has been claimed a Russian general and 18 Putin officers were killed, with a further 18 reportedly wounded.
The toll relates to the November 20 attack by Ukraine, the first to use UK Storm Shadow missiles deep inside Russia.
It was known the pinpoint missiles had hit a Putin command post and military facility, and the strike reportedly killed Lt-Gen Valery Solodchuk, reports The Mirror.
Russian authorities have not confirmed losses which would be grievous to both Russia and North Korea if confirmed, and they are yet to be independently verified. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike the UK and US with a new ballistic missile, following its use against targets in Ukraine.
The threat came after Russia launched a missile strike on the city of Dnipro using a weapon with a range of “several thousand kilometres.”
“In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on November 21 of this year, the Russian armed forces launched a combined strike on one of the facilities of the Ukrainian defence industry,” Putin said in a televised address.
The Russian leader warned that his country would target military facilities in nations that allow their weapons to be used against Russian targets. The new missile’s range could potentially reach London, with the distance between Moscow and the British capital being approximately 2,500km.
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