Russia threatens strikes on UK military targets, catastrophic consequences over Ukraine
Russia warned Thursday that it could strike British military targets inside and outside Ukraine if Kyiv uses long-range British cruise missiles against targets deep inside Russian territory, according to reports.This came a day after Moscow accused Ukraine of striking a shopping center in Russian-controlled Donetsk with British Storm Shadow missiles, wounding civilians, including children.Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday that Britain was "one step away" from becoming legally complicit in what she described as civilian-targeted "terrorism," warning that failure to change course would bring "catastrophic consequences," Reuters reported.US ALLY ON PUTIN’S DOORSTEP BRACES FOR WAR AS RUSSIA TENSIONS TAKE OMINOUS TURNRussian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova attends the annual news conference held by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Jan.14, 2025, in Moscow.
(Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)"We have repeatedly warned that any British military installations and equipment in Ukraine and beyond its borders could be targeted in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory carried out using British weapons," Zakharova said at a news briefing in Moscow.She urged British leaders to "immediately, in the most resolute and unequivocal manner, abandon the hostile, aggressive line" to prevent the conflict from escalating to an "entirely new level."British Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Ukraine Aug.24 for Independence Day, when he announced that a defense contractor could release classified information about British components used in the long-range SCALP cruise missile as Ukraine and France seek to establish assembly lines in Ukraine, according to the U.K.
government.PUTIN 'PANICKED' AS DEFIANT UKRAINE MARKS INDEPENDENCE DAY UNDER RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENTBritish Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Ukraine Aug.24 for Independence Day, when he announced that a defense contractor could release classified information about British compon...