Ukraine receives short-range missile defence systems from UK: Army

The first six Stormer HVM (high-velocity missile) air-defence systems have arrived in Ukraine from the United Kingdom and are being used on the front line, Ukraine’s military has said, issuing a video of the systems which has been shared by Ukrainian media.

“The British ‘invisible’ Stormer HVM air defence systems can ‘see’ enemy attack aircraft at a distance of up to 18 km [11 miles],” Operational Command South said in a Facebook post.

The military said the systems are called “invisible” because they cannot be detected by “onboard sensors on enemy helicopters and aircraft”.