UKRAINE has fired British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time.
Fragments of a Storm Shadow missile were found in the village of Marine, Kursk, on Wednesday, it is understood.
Britain’s bunker-busting Storm Shadow rockets are a nightmare for enemies as they are capable of dodging air defences.
The £800,000 missiles – which were already being fired within Ukraine – use GPS to precisely hit targets, and can travel at 600mph.
It comes just days after Joe Biden gave his blessing for US-supplied rockets to be blasted onto Russian turf.
Western leaders had previously shunned Ukrainian leader Zelensky’s pleas to use long-range weapons to turn the war with Vladimir Putin.
Vlad previously warned before any such decision would drag Nato into direct conflict with Russia.
After Biden gave the green light on Sunday, the UK was tipped to follow suit and allow Storm Shadows to be used.
Residents in Kursk have today found fragments from rockets in the embattled region.
Putin has bolstered his defences in the region with 10,000 troops from North Korea as the humiliated tyrant attempts to claw back the territory from Ukrainian forces.
On Tuesday, Kyiv’s forces used US-supplied ATACMS missiles to strike a military facility in Bryansk.
The blast came shortly after furious Vlad signed a new doctrine to lower the bar for launching a nuclear strike.
Moscow has warned it would “react accordingly” if US-supplied weapons were used to strike Russian territory.
Putin has repeatedly vowed his troops would unleash revenge if Ukraine blasted inside Russia with Western-made weapons.
In September, he said it would “mean that Nato countries are at war with Russia”.