Five former defence secretaries and an ex-prime minister have urged Sir Keir Starmer to allow Ukraine to use its long-range Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia — even without US backing.
Grant Shapps, Ben Wallace, Gavin Williamson, Penny Mordaunt, Liam Fox and Boris Johnson warned the PM that any further delay would embolden Vladimir Putin.
Wallace said that failure to move now would make Britain “appeasers” of the Kremlin, while Williamson called it a “dereliction of duty” and Boris Johnson added: “There is no conceivable case for delay.”
Starmer flew to Washington for talks with President Biden on Friday to discuss pleas from President Zelensky for permission to use the British-made missiles. However, the meeting broke up without any agreement.
Pressure has been growing