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What the SCALP missile is The SCALP missile is the French-produced version of the U.K.'s Storm Shadow, an air-launched, high-precision missile with a range of more than 250 kilometers (155 miles). Both use shared French and British technology.

Burnham is also expected to take part in Independence Day commemorations and discuss continued international support for Ukraine during the coalition of the willing meeting. Ukraine marks 35 years of independence on Monday following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

“The friendship between our two countries will long outlast Russia’s illegal war,” Burnham told a crowd in Kyiv. “In both the fight and in the rebuilding to come, we will stand with Ukraine and deliver opportunities for people across both our countries.”

“Britain is participating in this war on the side of the Kyiv regime,” Petrov said from Moscow. “Britain is methodically and consistently adding fuel to the fire — and methodically and consistently plotting to prevent a peaceful settlement process. That is precisely what Great Britain is doing.”

Earlier this month, it emerged that British-manufactured drones have been used by Ukraine to hit targets within Russia’s borders.

He told reporters on Monday that the Russian military was already gathering data to locate any missile production sites to destroy them.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that his country is receiving substantially fewer Patriot defense systems, even as Russian ballistic attacks are increasing. The shortfall is particularly serious because the United States and European partners are struggling to expand production.