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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/11\/18\/close-wwiii-us-allows-use-missiles-strike-inside-russia-22013339\/\">restricted<\/a> in where it could fire weapons like Atacms, for fear of sparking escalation.<\/p>\n<p>Until November, the USA had banned it from striking targets within Russian territory, leaving it to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/06\/rare-insight-secret-ukrainian-unit-striking-putins-war-machine-1-240-miles-inside-russia-22679408\/\">Ukrainian-made drones<\/a> to hit the factories and bases fuelling <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s war effort.<\/p>\n<p>With the new <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/us-news\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">US<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Donald Trump<\/a> withdrawing military aid to Ukraine, the country has become increasingly desperate to boost its own domestic weapons production capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Cue the so-called \u2018Long Neptune\u2019, which \u2018has been tested and successfully used in combat\u2019, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today.<\/p>\n<p>Originally designed as an anti-ship missile, it has a range of 1,000km \u2013 double that of Britain\u2019s Storm Shadow, hundreds of which have been supplied to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s far enough to strike Moscow, Russia\u2019s capital city, roughly 842km away from Ukraine\u2019s border.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"422\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22733292 lazyload\" alt=\"A Ukrainian subsonic cruise missile R-360 Neptune.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243953045-b9bb.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>A previous version of Ukraine\u2019s Neptune missile sank the flagship of Russia\u2019s Black Sea Fleet \u2013 the Moskva \u2013 in 2022 (Picture: Social media\/east2west news)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crucially, Ukraine won\u2019t have to rely on the sometimes unreliable support of foreign allies, because Long Neptune is made in Ukraine by Luch Design Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said: \u2018Thank you to our Ukrainian developers, manufacturers and military. We continue to work to guarantee Ukrainian security.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Where the new missile was used has not been officially confirmed, but there has been some speculation online.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of explosions turned a major oil refinery in Tuapse, Russia, into a <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/14\/russia-rocked-another-drone-onslaught-close-putins-1-000-000-000-palace-22725440\/\">glowing fireball emitting thick, black smoke<\/a> in the early hours of Friday. It burned for at least 36 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Near Putin\u2019s \u00a31 billion clifftop palace on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/black-sea\/\">Black Sea<\/a>, some suspect the Tuapse Oil Refinery could have been Long Neptune\u2019s first target.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22725306 lazyload\" alt=\"In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire at a civilian hospital following a Russian drone attack in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243805301-b2e1.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Russian drones hit this civilian hotel in Zolochiv, Kharkiv, on Friday, Ukrainian authorities said (Picture: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018There is an assumption that it was [the new] Neptune\u2019, Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ said.<\/p>\n<p>A previous incarnation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/04\/14\/russia-says-flagship-ship-moskva-has-sunk-following-missile-strike-16471470\/\">Neptune sank the flagship of Russia\u2019s Black Sea fleet \u2013 the Moskva<\/a> \u2013 in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1980s Ukraine, when it was still part of the Soviet Union, the Moskva had bombarded cities like Odesa and Mykolaiv.<\/p>\n<p>It made headlines when a Ukrainian soldier stationed on Snake Island responded to its threats by saying: \u2018Go f*** yourself, Russian warship.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Moskva was the second major Russian ship destroyed in the conflict. Most taken out since then have been hit by Ukraine\u2019s drones.<\/p>\n<p>Other possible targets of the Long Neptune include a local history museum in Sudzha, flattened on Friday soon after Russian forces recaptured the town in Kursk region.<\/p>\n<p>It had been held by Ukraine since a surprise offensive in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine may have hoped its hold on swathes of Kursk might boost its hand in peace talks with Russia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22732359 lazyload\" alt=\"Rescuers work at the site of a building destroyed during a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine March 14, 2025. REUTERS\/Ivan Antypenko\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243932548-ebc9.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Russia has ramped up air strikes and missile attacks on Ukraine in recent days (Picture: Ivan Antypenko\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Putin\u2019s forces are on the brink of pushing Ukraine out, just as Trump strongarms Ukraine into agreeing to a ceasefire, largely on Russia\u2019s terms.<\/p>\n<p>Although Zelensky agreed to an immediate and unconditional 30-day renewable ceasefire, proposed by the US, Putin has rejected the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Putin is demanding Ukraine abandon its hope of joining NATO, along with large portions of its territory, some of which is not already occupied by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is rallying European partners to assemble a peacekeeping force for Ukraine, warning Putin \u2018the world is watching\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Downing Street press conference today, Starmer said: \u2018Our militaries will meet on Thursday this week here in the United Kingdom to put strong and robust plans in place to swing in behind a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/zelensky-accepts-30-day-ceasefire-deal-ball-now-russias-court-22710015\/\">peace deal and guarantee Ukraine\u2019s future security<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T1M7S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/14\/07\/96186339-0-image-a-7_1741937863056.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-03-14T07:37:20+0000″,”description”:”A major oil refinery just 55 miles from the Kremlin dictator’s u00a31 billion clifftop palace on the Black Sea was hit in a strike triggering ten explosions followed by a massive inferno.u00a0″,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/03\/15\/1887932460915574654\/480x270_MP4_1887932460915574654.mp4″,”height”:480,”width”:270} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}