
Starmer Says Supporting Ukraine Is Top of His G20 Agenda
Published on November 18, 2024
Downing Street has refused to be drawn on whether the government will grant permission for Ukraine to use British long-range missiles to strike at Russia following reports that the United States has shifted its policy. There have been calls from the Conservatives for the UK to follow suit now that outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden has given the green light for American-supplied weapons to be used against Russia following months of pressure from Kyiv. The UK government has so far refused to grant Ukraine permission to use British-supplied Storm Shadow long-range missiles without a shift in U.S. policy, in part because the weapons use American navigation data....
