Putin 'to unleash new Frontier missiles on Ukraine' in revenge for US and UK rockets striking Russian soil: 3,600mile-range weapons could strike anywhere in Europe with three times the payload of traditional Kremlin bombs

Russia is threatening to unleash caller 'massive' missiles susceptible of striking anyplace successful Europe aft dozens of US and UK-made rockets were fired into Kursk. 

In a melodramatic improvement connected Wednesday, up to 12 Storm Shadow rockets were launched astatine targets successful the confederate Russian state wherever Kyiv troops person seized territory.

The Mail understands the attacks, which followed Ukraine firing US-supplied ATACMS missiles connected Tuesday, were personally approved by Sir Keir Starmer.

In retaliation, Russia is present preparing to motorboat its deadly RS-26 oregon Frontier missiles from a basal in Astrakhan by the Caspian sea, section media has reported. 

The weapons measurement up to 50tonnes and person a 3,600mile-range, though they person ne'er been utilized successful combat. 

Kyiv has alternatively been deed by smaller, slower Iskander missiles since the warfare began successful February 2022. 

The Kremlin has already warned this week it would respond harshly to the sanctioning of the usage of US and UK-made missiles connected Russian territory. 

According to Moskovky Komsomolets, a Moscow-based newspaper, a subject adept had excessively openly talked astir retaliation. 

Timur Syrlanov, a Russian subject analyst, said Ukraine should beryllium 'trembling' implicit the usage of the RS-26 rocket. 

The paper reported helium said: 'In this situation, we volition not usage atomic weapons, but the neo-Nazis and their Western allies, I think, volition admit successful the coming days the stroke that volition beryllium dealt to Ukraine’s captious infrastructure and, possibly, to targets successful Kyiv itself. 

'Let them tremble, beryllium afraid, and hold for landings anywhere. Moreover, the force understands perfectly good that our weapons tin scope immoderate targets passim Ukraine.' 

Putin yesterday provocatively signed disconnected changes to the country's laws on nuclear weapons to marque it easier for them to beryllium deployed against Ukraine. 

And his overseas curate Sergei Lavrov chillingly warned that the strikes were a wide awesome that Kyiv 'wanted to escalate' and that Russia would 'react accordingly'. 

The terrifying sabre rattling was confirmed by the Russian President's adjacent state Dmitry Medvedev. Posting connected X, the Deputy Chair of Russia's information assembly said it meant 'World War III'.

It came aft Kyiv launched six 'ATACM' missiles from an undisclosed determination implicit the borderline into Russian territory connected Tuesday.

The strikes triggered a fiery detonation astatine a depot successful Karachev, believed to beryllium storing ammunition supplied by North Korea, astir 75miles from the Ukrainian border.

However arsenic tensions escalate successful the Russia-Ukraine war, the Defence Secretary announced the UK subject would beryllium deed by £500million worthy of cuts. 

John Healy said the Labour Government would scrap six large programmes crossed the Armed Forces, including the Army's main fleet of drones and two amphibious battle ships – HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark.

The plans person been criticised by erstwhile defence caput Ben Wallace who argued they would nonstop a connection of weakness to the UK's adversaries. 

Writing successful The Telegraph, helium said: 'For our enemies to beryllium deterred they indispensable cognize we mean to person nary holes successful our capabilities, oregon astatine slightest we volition soon beryllium upgrading them.

'To archer the satellite we are scaling backmost our capabilities erstwhile our enemies are doing the other is axenic folly.

'No 1 is fooled by the bushed and misleading excuse by Labour that “we person to hold for a defence review” – yet different one.' 

Fragments of the Storm Shadow missiles were recovered by Russian subject bloggers connected Wednesday day and unverified pictures posted connected societal media. 

The pieces were seemingly stamped with the words Storm Shadow.

Multiple explosions could beryllium heard – preceded by high-pitched whistling seemingly from incoming missiles – successful videos recorded adjacent the colony of Maryino. The footage besides showed fume rising from buildings.

Unconfirmed reports suggested Ukraine had targeted an underground bid and power installation 50 miles wrong Russia. 

The navigational information and outer quality which facilitated the aerial strikes was understood to person been provided by the US.

The strikes, which person not been confirmed by the British Government, travel the usage of UK Storm Shadows to destruct Russian subject infrastructure successful Crimea.

The important quality is that portion the UK regards occupied Crimea arsenic Ukrainian sovereign territory, Kursk is recognised by Britain arsenic belonging to Russia.

It is understood that the past clip British weapons were utilized connected Russian sovereign territory was during clashes betwixt an Allied unit and the Bolsheviks successful the Arctic Archangel portion successful 1918-19. Before that it was during the Crimean War successful the 1850s.

Speaking successful the Commons, Mr Healey declined to corroborate the reports oregon divulge immoderate operational details. 

He told MPs: 'We person seen implicit caller weeks a important alteration successful the [Russian] enactment and the rhetoric connected Ukraine. We arsenic a federation and a Government are doubling down connected our enactment for Ukraine and intend to bash more.'