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France delivers first SCALP-EG missiles to Ukraine
Summary
A look back at 22 August 2023, when Paris sent the first of its air-launched cruise missiles as reports of drone and sabotage incidents inside Russia emerged.
What did Ukraine gain on 22 August 2023? France delivered the first shipment of its SCALP-EG air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, a step in the military aid supplied to Kyiv during the war.
The delivery came a day after a series of reported incidents inside Russia.
Incidents on 21 August 2023
On 21 August 2023, two people were injured by falling debris from a Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow, and flights were disrupted at the city's airports. Russia said it had shot down one drone and jammed another.
On the same day, Ukraine claimed that saboteurs coordinated by its military intelligence had destroyed a Tupolev Tu-22M heavy bomber at the Soltsy-2 airbase in Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
What the day showed
Taken together, the events of 21 and 22 August 2023 covered several strands of the war: continued Western military supplies reaching Ukraine, drone activity affecting Moscow's air travel, and a claimed sabotage operation against Russian strategic aviation at an airbase.
The French delivery was reported as the first shipment of SCALP-EG missiles to Ukraine.
