U.S. lifts restriction on Ukraine using allies’ long-range missiles, WSJ reports

Ukraine used a British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missile on Tuesday to strike a Russian plant in Bryansk after the Trump administration lifted a key restriction on Ukraine’s use of some long-range missiles provided by Western allies, reported The Wall Street Journal’s Lara Seligman, Michael R. Gordon and Alexander Ward, citing U.S. officials. Ukraine’s renewed use of Storm Shadows isn’t a game changer on the battlefield as they have a far shorter range than U.S. Tomahawks, but the missiles do enable Ukraine to expand its attacks inside Russia, the report noted. RTX (RTX) Corporation’s Raytheon division is the manufacturer of the Tomahawk missile, which President Trump has not allowed Ukraine to buy or employ.