Things are not exactly going to plan for Moscow in the Arctic—an area that is a strategic military region for Russia and has significant economic potential that could help Russia in propping up its war economy.

Britain and France have already sent these missiles to Ukraine - but with the caveat that Kyiv can only fire them at targets inside its own borders. They have been used with great effect, hitting Russia’s Black Sea naval headquarters at Sevastopol and making the whole of Crimea unsafe for the Russian navy.

Russia will be ready to use the most powerful and destructive weapons in the event of attacks on Russian Federation territory with Western long-range weapons, said Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma.