Kyiv’s SCALP Missiles Hit Drone Depot Near Donetsk Airport

Ukraine said it struck a drone storage site near the occupied Donetsk airport with a French-made SCALP cruise missile as it ramps up strikes across occupied regions. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied A Storm Shadow / SCALP long-range air-launched cruise missile is pictured displayed at European missile maker MBDA's display stand, on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, south west of London, on July 22, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google The Ukrainian military said it had struck a storage site for Russian drones using French-made SCALP cruise missiles early on Tuesday morning, April 14. Ukraine’s General Staff said a series of strikes on key Russian targets was carried out in a Telegram update. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “Our forces targeted storage facilities for strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near Donetsk airport in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region,” the report reads. “The strike was carried out by units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using SCALP cruise missiles and GBU-39 guided aerial bombs,” the report adds. On Tuesday, Ukrainian drones also hit Russian ammunition depots near the settlement of Azovske in the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as Urzuf and Kulykivske in the Donetsk region, according to the General Staff. Developed by the UK and France, the Storm Shadow/SCALP is a 1,300-kilogram (2,866-pound) air-launched cruise missile produced by MBDA, with a range of over 250 kilometers (155 miles). It is designed for deep strikes against high-value fixed targets such as bunkers and infrastructure. MBDA announced the resumption of Storm Shadow/SCALP production in July 2015 after a 15-year hiatus. Ukraine is believed to have begun using the NATO missile – then delivered by the UK – in mid-2023, interfacing it with decommissioned pylons from NATO aircraft attached to Soviet-era Su-24M bombers. Other Topics of Interest Ukraine Can Produce Millions of FPV Drones a Year, Zelensky Says “The enemy will feel it,” Zelensky said, as he touted Ukraine’s growing ability to build drones, missiles and robotic systems for the battlefield. In March, Ukraine had also used the Storm Shadow missile against one of Russia’s largest microelectronics plants in the Bryansk region on the border. In late 2024, Russia warned of retaliation against the West if the missile was used to strike targets inside Russia, when it was used solely against targets in occupied Ukraine up until that point. Ukraine has used the missile to strike multiple targets in Russia since, including the Novoshakhtinsk refinery in Russia’s Rostov region in December 2025. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.