Bloomberg, citing its sources, reports that the UK government has recently delivered dozens of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine without public announcement, even before the decision to allow Ukraine to use Western missiles to hit targets in Russia.

Ukraine launched British-French-made Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time on Wednesday, according to a Russian military blog and Reuters, a day after Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia.

Sir Keir Starmer has not confirmed that the UK is supplying the precision weapons - but they are understood to have been used by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia last week.

The first use of British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia marks a turning point in Western resolve to help Ukraine. Whether a decisive intervention or too little, too late, it says a number of things about the state of the war. First, it marks a welcome return to seriousness.

Russian air defence forces have shot down two British Storm Shadow cruise missiles, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday in its daily report on events over the past 24 hours.

Russia's military says it shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles, doesn't say where or when

Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at Russian targets for the first time, the BBC understands. The war-torn country was previously restricted to using the long-range missiles within its own borders.

Ukraine for the first time fired British storm shadow missiles into Russia on Wednesday, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The news comes the day after Ukraine launched its first long-range attacks into Russia,

British-made Storm Shadow missiles have been fired into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time. Telegraph readers have said the situation is now “spiralling out of control at an alarming rate”. Ukraine’s defence minister avoided confirming that his country used UK-made long-range missiles at a press conference on Wednesday.

The UK government recently supplied Ukraine with dozens more Storm Shadow cruise missiles, according to people familiar with the matter, a first under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has pledged continued support for the country’s war against Russia.